Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Kia, Racing
Kia earns its first motorsports victory - Click above for high-res image gallery
Kia first entered the motorsports game in 2010. Using its
Forte Koup,
Kia entered into the Grand-Am racing series in the street tuner class, with 2010 being considered a development year for the newborn racing team. It would appear that things have developed quite well because Kia, along with Kinetic Motorsports, has earned its first-ever first-place finish.
Barber Motorsports Park played host to the
Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and Kia brought its pair of racing
Forte Koups to the event. Car number 10, driven by Michael Galati and Nic Jönsson, took the lead with just 30 minutes of racing time left. Jönsson kept the 10 car ahead of the pack and brought home the victory. Kia's number 12 car managed to grab a top 10 finish as well, making for an all-around successful day at the track. Kia's full press blast is available
after the jump.
[Source: Kia]
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Filed under: SEMA Show, Coupe, Budget, Hybrid, Kia
Kia Forte Hybrid Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
The
Kia Forte Hybrid is neat enough - green on the outside, green and leafy on the inside. Riding cast alloy wheels wrapped in low-rolling resistance tires, the hybrid system mixes it up with a 1.6-liter LPG engine tied to lithium polymer batteries. Saving the world is counteracted with killing your ears, though - this eco-friendly concept has a 1,200-watt Infinity 2 audio system on board.
The
Kia Forte Koup Type R Concept, on the other hand, is unbridled awesome. Built to commemorate Kia's first year in the Grand Am racing series, it's a hotness-added version of the Forte Koup put together by Kinetic Motorsports. Blistered and vented panels are adorned with 18-inch BBS wheels and some diffuser action in back, plus a green-mesh and carbon accented interior kicked up a notch by a short throw shift kit. Best yet, Kia says that this has "an eye on future production vehicle applications." Yes, please! It's something like what the second-generation
Scion tC should have been, and you'll find more on it in the presser after the jump and the gallery of high-res photos below.
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