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Old 08-19-2011, 11:58 AM
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Kia Opirus design study... probably based on the Hyundai Genesis.







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ugly.
has a stupid cat fish look to the front
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Would like to see more of the front end but...door design is terrible.

Do not want.
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I would drive it once and be done with it. Ugly.
Old 08-19-2011, 05:33 PM
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Awful. I would have to do a daily affirmation in the mirror everyday. "Despite my car I'm still good enough and smart enough to join humanity." And what's with the truck rails.
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I like it.

High, strong belt line
Very agresive/elaborate head/tail lights. (that will never see production)
I like the "pencil camara" rear view mirrors (that will never see production )
The sedan/coupe hybrid shape (like our own RX-8)

the wheels don't do much for me, but they work very well with the matte grey accent panels on the car. (which I like the contrasting color concept, but matte gray says "cheap unpainted plastic")

The offset/stance of the car is spot on though, wish production cars came with that "dialed in" stance

Agreed, I'd like to see more pictures of this thing.

Any word on the powerplant? (a flat six + RWD would complement this thing very nicely, hell a hybrid RWD could work, placing the batteries low in the rear, the gas tank amidship under the rear seats and using the coupe shape over the batteries as a usable, albeit shallow trunk)
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I would drive it - if it looked like that.
But it won't, so, meh.
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Yeah, a lot of the elements on this thing have no chance of ever seeing production - but I have a feeling that if the badge on the front would be from a more prestigious manufacturer, people would have a different reaction to the car
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If all these had a baby.





















Copy cat galorrrrrrrrrrrre
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The more exotic these concepts look, the more disappointed people are when/if it makes it to production. People want the exotic look, not the watered down version.

Just wait until the production version and specs of that FT-86 are revealed...people are gonna be pissed and the car will be a flop.
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the current Kia Optima actually looks pretty nice.
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That's a Kia...wow. I would drive it, but not owning one though.
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