Kia KX5 X-Men-inspired
Kia is displaying a one-off
Kia KX5 (fourth generation Kia Sportage) inspired by X-Men at Auto China 2016
(2016 Beijing Motor Show). Created in collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox
and the X-Men movie franchise, the special Kia KX5 seen in the images is
inspired by X-Men character Mystique.
This is the second
generation Kia X-Car. In 2014, Kia introduced the X-Men-inspired Kia Sorento
and unveiled it later at the Australian Open 2015.
The X-Men-inspired Kia KX5
was first showcased under the global ‘Sportage’ branding in Melbourne,
Australia before the start of the Australian Open 2016 in January. It features
custom bodywork with special textured ‘tone-on-tone’ matte and gloss blue paint
finish. Other modifications include racing wheels and tyres and red and yellow
bodywork highlights. There’s no mention of modifications under the hood.
Needless to say, the
X-Men-inspired Kia KX5 (fourth generation Kia Sportage) is just a show car. Kia
hasn’t announced any plans to make it available for sale, not even in limited
numbers. The show car was created to promote the X-Men: Apocalypse’s global
release in cinemas in May 2016 and Kia’s sponsorship of the Australian Open
2016 tennis tournament.
