起亚近日发布了cee'd TCR首批官图，该车将与阿尔法罗密欧、西亚特、大众、本田、欧宝等品牌的车型一起竞逐在本月24日于葡萄牙埃斯托里尔举行的TCR国际赛事第二赛季比赛。从图片看，该车基于最新一代cee'd五门掀背车。该车采用全套车身空气动力学加宽组件，包括集成更大进气口的新的前保险杠，外延轮拱，改款侧裙和硕大固定尾翼，碳纤维前分流器，多辐18英寸赛车轮圈和米其林轮胎。虽然车厂并未发布车辆内装图片，但从车身的赛车风格判断，车厢内将配备防滚架，头部保护装置和赛车座椅。

 

Kia cee'd TCR breaks cover

Kia has shared the first official renderings of the upcoming cee'd TCR that will compete in the TCR International Series.

Kia will be soon joining Alfa Romeo, Seat, Volkswagen, Honda, and Opel in the second season of the TCR International Series that already started with a race on the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, supporting F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Through its Austrian division, the South Korean manufacturer released preliminary digital images of its cee’d TCR race car that is, naturally, based on the latest generation cee’d five-door hatchback.

 

No technical details are available yet, but it’s easy to notice the full aerodynamic wide body kit of the car that includes a new front bumper with larger air intakes, extended wheel arches, revised side skirts, and a massive fixed rear wing. The images also reveal engineers have added a carbon fiber front splitter, while the car rides on multi-spoke 18-inch racing wheels wrapped in Michelin tires.

 

We don’t have a photo of the vehicle’s interior, but given its racing character, we expect to see a roll cage with head protectors and racing seats.

 

Kia says more details will be unveiled soon, as the next round of the TCR International Series in Estoril, Portugal, on 24th of April is approaching.