"If this Kia Cabrio Concept looks a bit like a VW or Audi, it's for good reason. Kia's new design chief, Peter Schreyer, used to be designer extraordinaire at VW and Audi. [...]"






It seems a little 'girly' in white... I'm thinking TT grey, onyx, or that metallic burnt orange color available on the Kia Rio 5 and certain Pontiacs.


Says Mr Yong-Hwan Kim, Senior Executive Vice President and COO Kia Motors, "The Kia ex_cee'd is a fresh aesthetic high-point in our history, an encouraging sign of the growing internationalisation of our brand and a step forward in the process of evolving into a European company with Korean roots."


I've expressed to others that I wouldn't hesitate buying a Kia or Hyundai as a fuel efficient daily driver, and the direction these companies continue to move solidifies that sentiment.


On a related note, I saw two VW Eos last week -- in light metallic blue and glossy red -- and both looked good, albeit in a safe, conservative Solara-sort-of-way.