The brass over at Kia Motors was only ready for us to see a handful of teaser sketches of its soon-to-be released, rear-wheel drive flagship sedan codenamed “KH”, which most of you may know as the K9.
Of course, our spies were also able to snag some shots of a camouflaged prototype, but now, we have two videos of the actual production model without a hint of disguise, spotted on the road.
The two clips, which were probably filmed in South Korea (maybe our readers can help out here), reveal the K9 in all its glory – albeit in low-quality footage.
Kia hasn’t published a lot of details yet, but it is reasonable to believe that the KH will share its platform architecture and mechanical hardware with the Hyundai Genesis. This means it could be offered with the same 3.8-liter V6, and 4.6-liter and 5.0-liter V8 engines as its Hyundai counterpart.
The rear-wheel drive model will be launched in Kia’s domestic market towards the end of first half of 2012. While the Korean automaker has no plans to sell its flagship sedan model in Europe, a company spokesperson has said that it is evaluating plans for a North American launch with more information to be released later this year.
Many thanks to Bruno for the video find!
Story References: es.Autoblog & Youtube
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