Kia is preparing a rival to the VW Golf GTI

Company Kia has confirmed it is working on a "hot" version of the new Cee'd. The company hopes that the petrol turbo engine equipped hothetch can select a part of buyers at Renault Megane RS, Ford Focus ST and even the genre VW Golf GTI.
 

The basis for the "charged" version is likely to serve as a future modification of the recently updated three-door Cee'd. In this case, director of marketing for Kia Soon-Nam Lee confirmed edition Autocar, that the company is already preparing for the future "urban rocket" petrol engine with turbocharging and work on set-up a more sporting suspension.

Technical details of the power plant and transmission Koreans are not announced. But in the range of Kia Motors is one suitable unit, which, most likely, and will be under the hood of the "hot" Cee'd. It is a 2-liter gasoline engine family Theta II. Turboversii this motor, for example, is placed on the Kia Optima sedan for the U.S. market and develops 274 hp and 365 Nm of torque. But for ease of hatchback quite enough and deforsirovannoy modification of the engine.

However, the main weapon of the future of Kia hothetcha should be not so much the engine power and chassis tuning as lower price against famous competitors. And today they are not cheap. Thus, the 250-hp three-door Renault Megane RS is in Russia from 1.14 million rubles, and the five-door hatch Ford Focus ST asking from 1.22 million rubles. While most in this trinity is the current VW Golf GTI: trehdverka today is from 1.114 million rubles, and pyatidverka - from 1.114 million rubles. But on the way the new generation of "Golf", which will be more expensive.