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JUNE 30 - JULY 6
| 2017
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GRAND TOURER: New Kia Stinger is a large sporting hatch with plenty of style.
Kia Stinger IN a clever marketing move the press release announcing that the Kia Stinger will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2017 was datelined, “Nurburgring, June 2017â€?. That tough German circuit has become D VHPL RI² FLDO UHFRUG VHWWLQJ ORFDWLRQ in recent years and is much loved by performance car enthusiasts. So Kia held a global press event for its Stinger there. Kia Stinger GT will be the highestperformance production vehicle in the South Korean company’s history. It’s based on the GT4 Stinger concept
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By EWAN KENNEDY revealed at the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. It will be available with a choice of three engines, a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbopetrol and a 3.3-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol and a 2.2-litre turbo-diesel engine. Kia Australia advises the Stinger will launch in Australia with both petrol engines. $ ² YH GRRU KDWFK RU VKRXOG ZH FDOO LW D ² YH GRRU VHGDQ" WKH 6WLQJHU ZDV penned in Kia’s European design studio
in Frankfurt under the eagle eye of the almost legendary Peter Schreyer, with Gregory Guillaume, the chief designer at Kia Motors Europe, receiving a major credit, Guillaume comments, “The Kia Stinger is a true gran turismo, a car for spirited long-distance driving. It’s not about outright power, hard-edged dynamics and brutal styling, all at the expense of luxury, comfort and grace. The Kia Stinger has nothing to do with being the ² UVW WR DUULYH DW WKH GHVWLQDWLRQ § WKLV car is all about the journey. It’s about
passion.� Stinger has a long bonnet fronted by Kia’s signature tiger-nose grille. It has a short front overhang; a long wheelbase, 2905 mm, to make for a spacious cabin, and a long rear overhang. The quad exhaust outlets make a statement. Overall length is 4830 mm in length and it’s 1870 mm wide. By comparison the current Holden VF Commodore is 4947 x 1898 mm. The upcoming NG Commodore LQ ² YH GRRU IRUPDW LV [ PP Interesting‌
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