"Kia says that it would like to build a spiritual successor to the Stinger. The biggest thing holding it back? The cost of an electric performance sedan. Never say never, though. Kia's design boss isn't ruling anything out if EVs continue to become more popular."
"There was a time not too long ago when the Kia was doing what almost no other automaker dared to. The growing South Korean automaker built a rear-wheel-drive enthusiast car with a twin-turbocharged V-6 after nearly every other mainstream brand had abandoned the sports sedan segment. It had real power and proportions that made even the Germans a bit nervous. But it died after just one generation, going out of production in 2023."
"Now, Kia wants to do it again. And just like last time, the brand is priding itself on going out on a limb to build something driven by emotion instead of logic. The successor to the Stinger is closer than ever. Photo by: Kia In a recent interview with Autocar, Kia's design boss Karim Habib said that the spiritual successor to the Stinger is still very much on the menu."
""We have a small history of doing cars like the Stinger and that's something we don't want to give up on," said Habib in an interview with Autocar. "The Meta Turismo is our idea of a sports sedan for the gamer generation. A few years ago,"
Kia wants to create a spiritual successor to the Stinger as an electric performance sedan. The main obstacle is the cost of electric performance sedans, but Kia’s design leadership is not ruling out the idea if EV popularity continues to grow. Kia previously built a rear-wheel-drive enthusiast sports sedan with a twin-turbo V-6, which delivered strong power and proportions that challenged established European rivals. That model ended after one generation, with production stopping in 2023. Kia now seeks to return to that emotional, emotion-driven approach, using the Meta Turismo concept as a potential direction for a next-generation Stinger.
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