Kia K9 Rear Drive Sedan Spied In South Korea

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

This is the Kia K9, Kia’s first rear-drive flagship for North America. Kia has previously sold a rebadged Mazda 929 in Korea but those days are mercifully over.

Someone in South Korea took a couple videos of the K9 driving along a highway. You can peruse them for yourself below. The K9 will probably shed its alphanumeric moniker when it arrives in 2013.

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  • John R John R on Feb 27, 2012

    I wonder if it'll will be available with the 5 liter...

  • Knowing Kia Comercials, we'll see dogs driving it while gangsta rapping.

  • Carzzi Carzzi on Feb 27, 2012

    This car appears to be the miasmic aftermath of a drunken night of congress between a BMW 550i Gran Turismo and a Maserati Quattroporte. Its (relatively) better looking stillborn fraternal twin goes by the name of "De Tomaso Deauville 2011 Concept". Make mine sky blue metallic.

  • Volt 230 Volt 230 on Feb 27, 2012

    H/Kia have figured out that you can badge engineer your whole line-up with little investment and maximum payback. Just like Audi, Lexus, GM Ford, Nissan and on and on.

    • Th009 Th009 on Feb 27, 2012

      So far the Hyundai-Kia platform approach looks more like the VW branding technique than the traditional GM or Ford badge-engineering.

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