起亚明年将发布其首款运动轿车，该车将于明年5月投产，其竞争车型包括奥迪A5 Sportback和宝马4系GranCoupe。有报道称，该车将比劳恩斯轿跑车更小，将采用后轮驱动，预计将提供2.0升、2.2升和3.0升三种引擎。目前该车内部编号为CK，将在韩国投产，随后将与Rio一起在墨西哥生产。起亚预计该车年产量6万辆，未来将成为德系运动车的替代车型。虽然起亚这些年一直没有推出运动车或豪华车型，但开发后驱运动轿车一直是萦绕在车厂心头的一个梦想。在2011年，起亚发布了GT概念车，它采用后轮驱动，搭载3.3升V6涡轮增压引擎，功率390马力，扭矩394磅-英尺（约合534牛米）。

 

Kia to launch a RWD sports sedan next year

Kia will reportedly launch its first sports sedan sometime next year.

 

Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters says the model will go into production in May 2017 and be a sports sedan that competes with the models such as the Audi A5 Sportback and BMW 4-Series GranCoupe.

 

Little else is known about the car but will reportedly be smaller than the Genesis Coupe and feature rear-wheel drive. The car is also slated to be offered with three different engines that have displacements of 2.0-, 2.2-, and 3.0-liters.

 

The car is reportedly codenamed the CK and it is scheduled to be built in South Korea following the transfer of Rio production to Mexico. Kia expects to build 60,000 units annually and the model will reportedly be billed as a sporty alternative to its German competitors.

 

While Kia models are rarely seen as sporty or luxurious, the company has been toying around with the idea of a rear-wheel drive sports sedan for years. Things kicked off in 2011 when Kia introduced the GT concept which featured rear-wheel drive and a turbocharged 3.3-liter V6 engine that produced 390 horsepower and 394 pound-feet of torque.