Paris 2010: Kia Pop Concept is a "wild atom" looking for three
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/" rel="tag">Concept Cars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/paris-motor-show/" rel="tag">Paris Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/electric/" rel="tag">Electric</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/paris-2010-kia-pop-concept-1/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="Kia Pop Concept at 2010 Paris Motor Show" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/kia-pop-paris-live.jpg" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Kia Pop Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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The <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2010/09/27/kia-releases-more-pics-of-bubbly-pop-electric-city-car-concept/">Kia Pop Concept</a> is a slick little wedge of silver that the company calls "a striking vision of future urban electric transport" meant "to act as a loose nucleus, a wild atom." In case you're wondering about the styling, you can't compare it to anything you might see today. Kia design chief Peter Schreyer says it "looks even further into the future" than even the next generation of vehicles, which means we can look forward to guppy faces and oblong windows.<br />
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The face is actually referred to as "<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/kia">Kia</a>'s trademark 'tiger nose,'" and the sweeping, uninterrupted glass above it is a tidy feature. The three-person, "non-automotive" seating is meant to provide perfect vision for the driver and passengers, with a swoopy front bench curved to allow a third seat set at an oblique angle in the rear corner.<br />
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The future theme goes minimalist with just one button in the cabin and everything else controlled by the touch screens on the Transparent Organic LED displays. LIthium polymer gel batteries keep the juice flowing throughout, pumping atoms to a 50-kW electric motor good for a 100-mile range and a healthy top speed of 87 miles per hour. You'll find more details on it <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/01/kia-pop-concept-paris-2010/#continued">after the jump</a>, and a look at its futuristic bits in the gallery of high-res photos below.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/paris-2010-kia-pop-concept-1/">Paris 2010: Kia Pop Concept</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/paris-2010-kia-pop-concept-1/#3424834"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/01-kia-pop-paris-live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Kia Pop Concept" title="Kia Pop Concept" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/paris-2010-kia-pop-concept-1/#3424835"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/02-kia-pop-paris-live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Kia Pop Concept" title="Kia Pop Concept" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/paris-2010-kia-pop-concept-1/#3424836"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/03-kia-pop-paris-live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Kia Pop Concept" title="Kia Pop Concept" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/paris-2010-kia-pop-concept-1/#3424837"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/04-kia-pop-paris-live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Kia Pop Concept" title="Kia Pop Concept" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/paris-2010-kia-pop-concept-1/#3424838"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/05-kia-pop-paris-live_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Kia Pop Concept" title="Kia Pop Concept" /></a></div><br />
<strong><em><font size="1">Photos copyright (C)2010 Jonathon Ramsey / AOL</font></em></strong><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/01/kia-pop-concept-paris-2010/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Paris 2010: Kia Pop Concept is a "wild atom" looking for three</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/01/kia-pop-concept-paris-2010/">Paris 2010: Kia Pop Concept is a "wild atom" looking for three</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:18:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/01/kia-pop-concept-paris-2010/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19656727/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/01/kia-pop-concept-paris-2010/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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