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2019 Kia ProCeed is Officially The Sexiest Compact Shooting Brake

Ahead of the upcoming Paris Motor Show, Kia has dropped a bombshell on us, a sexy bombshell that is. We're referring to the hotly anticipated all-new ProCeed, which does away with its does away with the old Scirocco-like body for a Porsche-like shooting brake look.
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The Porsche parallel goes much deeper than the shape of the body mirroring the Panamera Sport Turismo, as the four-point LED headlights and connected taillights will also remind people of the practical wagon from Stuttgart.

The ProCeed is still a compact car, sort of like a wagon, but sexier. While based on the same platform as the regular Ceed hatch, it measures 4,605mm in length, which makes it 5mm longer than the Ceed Sportswagon. And at just 1,422mm tall, it's 43mm shorter as well. The only real compromise is going to be rear visibility because the trunk capacity is almost the same at 594 liters versus 625 liters.

Europe’s shrinking market for three-door hatchbacks brought the future of the pro_cee’d in question,” said Gregory Guillame, Kia’s European Head of Design. “But it was equally inconceivable that we would simply kill off the pro_cee’d. We needed to reinvent the pro_cee’d to ensure that all that vitality and vibrancy wasn’t simply lost. It had to be a model that not only sat at the top of the current Ceed family, but one that was also immediately identifiable as the most emotionally engaging car in the range.”

The engine range is a competitive blend that includes a base 1.0-liter turbo with 120 HP, followed by the 1.4-liter with 140. The only diesel is the 1.6-liter CRDI Smartstream with 136 horsepower.

A 7-speed twin-clutch gearbox of Korean make is available in all models except the ProCeed GT flagship, which gets it as standard. This hot version will compete against the Megane GT wagon with a 1.6-liter T-GDI making 204 HP and 265 Nm (195 lb-ft) of torque.

The only thing left to find out is the price, because we want one really bad!
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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