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The South Korean automaker Kia now reveals the initial details of the Kia pro_cee’d ahead of the car's official unveiling at the upcoming International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt early next month.

“The new Kia pro_cee’d offers consumers sensationally stylish looks with a truly sporty feel to the driving experience, while also retaining most of the practicality and versatility of the popular cee’d five-door hatchback. With performance, ride and handling that is even more responsive, the pro_cee’d will attract European consumers who find three-door cars particularly appealing.” said Jean-Charles Lievens, Senior Vice President Kia Motors Europe.

Some details of the Kia pro_cee’d include

- lower and lighter than its five-door sister car
- 4250 mm long wheelbase
- provides generous legroom front and rear
- larger pro_cee’d doors with their extra-wide 70 degree openings ensure
- re-styled the rear seat cushion
- re-engineered 60/40 split backrest
- five Euro4 compliant engines with power outputs covering a 90 PS to 143 PS range
- 12 exterior colours
- optional 17-inch alloy wheels with 225/45 R17 tyres
- optional stiffer dampers
- sport-concept interior trim (with ‘tyre-track’ pattern fabric and silver stitching, plus alloy pedals and stainless-steel door-scuff plates)

Gregory Guillaume, Chief Designer Kia Motors Europe explained the other features of the Kia pro_cee’d:

“With the pro_cee’d we have communicated sportiness mostly through the car’s exterior design. At the front, we have extended the nose by 10 mm and introduced a shallower grille, new-style headlamps, a wider, lower bumper with a prominent lip spoiler, a deeper central air intake and larger fog lights set in elliptical depressions."

“It is the side profile that makes pro_cee’d truly distinctive. The windscreen is much shallower and the vehicle height is reduced by 30 mm. The doors, which are 276 mm longer than the front doors of the five-door cee’d model, have a unique design with a more prominent swage line that highlights the sporty character of this model and a beltline that rises much more steeply towards the rear of the car."

“The side window, C-Pillar and tailgate spoiler are all new and although the rear screen is steeply raked, rear headroom remains good. Unlike other cee’d models, the exhaust tailpipe on the pro_cee’d is boldly displayed."

Just wait for the IAA Frankfurt for the complete specs and details of the Kia pro_cee'd.