There certainly hasn’t been a shortage of Kia GT
teasers, but the latest one is perhaps the most revealing. Focusing on bits of the exterior, the short
footage reveals the car's headlight and taillight designs, the company's
signature grille with an incorporated camera, side vents and a power sunroof
that opens up to preview the cabin.
An automatic climate control, eight-speed automatic
transmission and blind spot monitoring are also part of the package, but the
most interesting part, its engine, hides under the hood, promising to make the
sports sedan Kia's quickest model yet.
There's no official word on what powertrain the
Koreans will use on the GT, but reports indicate towards the 3.3-liter
twin-turbo V6 engine, taken from the Genesis G80, which should channel around
365 horsepower to the rear wheels. The GT
will need 5.1 seconds to go from rest to 100 km/h, but we will find
out everything there is to know about it on January 8, at 6 pm EST, during the
2017 Detroit Auto Show.