It has been created to mark Kia’s 80th birthday. After significant reworking under the skin, the car boasts a similar power-to-weight ratio to various hot hatches from the 1970s and 1980s, and a focus on driver engagement.
This will be the third ‘one-off’ car that Kia UK has created in recent years, following in the footsteps of two unique and radically different vehicles – the Stinger ‘GT420’ and Soul EV beach buggy. The all-powerful Stinger ‘GT420’ was created in 2019, a tuned-up, stripped-down track car to show off the performance potential of Kia’s 3.3-litre twin-turbo grand tourer. The Soul EV beach buggy showed a car reimagined for surfers, fitted with a custom surfboard rack and wooden-decked interior, and featuring ‘rally raid’ style elevated suspension and chunky tyres.
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This Ford Capri auction result is an interesting indication of just how much enthusiasm remains for early Mk1 Capris. The 1970 Ford Capri 1600 GT XLR certainly wasn’t presented as a pristine example when it went under the hammer at Anglia Car Auctions. It was scruffy, needed restoration or recommissioning, came with no history and […]
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This Ford Fiesta XR2 auction result is a great example of how much classic car auctions have changed. There was a time when you really needed to be standing in the auction hall, catalogue in hand, if you wanted to take part. Today, somebody sitting at home can compete with everyone in the room – […]
