This mid-size sedan that will displace the Opirus / Amanti will make its overseas premiere at the Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Dubai international motor shows, towards the end of the year.
Soon-Nam Lee, Director of the Overseas Marketing Group, Kia Motors, said, “New Cadenza will showcase the continuing evolution in Kia’s striking design language through the harmonious blend of light and lines. It will also present a new concept in luxury sedans in terms of performance and technology.”
The Cadenza is a disappointment when opposed to the KND-5 concept model as the vehicle’s proportions have been altered -look at the front overhang for example- while many of the styling details have been watered down.
There are no pictures of the Cadenza’s cabin but Kia says that highlights include the “futuristic ‘floating’ dashboard” and an “interior mood lighting strip that runs along the dashboard to the door trim” – whatever that means.
Available new technologies will comprise a heated steering wheel (for winter driving in cold markets), powered extendable seat cushions (for extra thigh support), automatic defogging of the windshield and ventilated front seats (for cool comfort in hot markets).
The new Cadenza will to go on sale in South Korea before the end of the year and the rest of the world during the first half of 2010. Kia’s new mid-size sedan will likely be offered with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder petrol engine with direct-injection churning out about 200 HP and the Kia/Hyundai Lambda V6 petrol.
