Kia and Hyundai are really starting to mean business. After the latter launched the reportedly excellent new Genesis (premium) sedan, it’s now the turn of Kia to get its own piece of luxurious German-rivaling action.
Its attempt is even bolder than that of Hyundai, as we learn that it wants to make a production version of the GT concept to go head to head with the likes of the Porsche Panamera, BMW 5-Series GT.
The news comes courtesy of Edmunds which obtained it from unnamed Kia executives, on the sidelines of the Paris auto show.
If you don’t remember the GT concept (pictured), it was revealed in 2011, in Frankfurt, and, well, we liked it back then and we still do.
The model it would eventually spawn (expected to be released by or in 2016) would be primarily aimed at North American buyers, though Europe will be a secondary market for it as well.
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