Kia and its stablemate Hyundai have been killing it
recently with good cars. While the Kia Stinger has garnered a lot of attention
recently, the South Korean brand is hoping to make a splash in the luxury
segment with a new K900 flagship sedan. Today, the automaker recently a few
new teasers of the sedan before its debut next month.
Renderings are never a good thing to go off of, but
Kia’s latest sketches give us a decent idea of what the luxurious sedan should
look like. The vehicle was styled by Kia’s design headquarters in Namyang,
Korea and the brand’s U.S. design studio in Irvine, Calif.
From what we can tell, the sedan has a handsome
design. There’s a lot of BMW at the front, with the vehicle having a similar
face to the fifth-gen BMW 7-Series. The headlights are different, of course, as
is the grille. Overall, though, they look pretty similar. Moving to the back of
the vehicle, the sedan looks like it borrows the taillights from another
heavy-hitter from Germany, the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
As far as standout design cues, Kia really wants
people to notice its “Quadric pattern” signature grille that has 176 cells. The
grille is apparently based on the “changing shape of condensed energy” and is
the focal point on the sedan. Even in the renderings, the grille looks really
good. We hope it’s just as striking on the real car.
Another thing Kia points out is its use of chrome on
the sedan. From the pictures, we can tell that the shiny stuff will be on the
grille surround, lower front intake, side sills, window line, mirrors, rear
taillight housing, rear bumper, and exhaust pipes. It’s a little more chrome
than the old K900 had, but if the automaker’s really attempting to win luxury
consumers over, it’s the way to go.
Kia teased the new K900 earlier this February, which
gives us a better look at the sedan’s traditional silhouette. That teaser also
revealed that the sedan would make it debut in April, making the New York Auto
Show the most logical date for its unveiling. The K900 will go on sale in the
second quarter of 2018.
