Rumormill: Kia considering Mazda MX-5 Miata competitor?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/" rel="tag">Convertible</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/" rel="tag">Rumormill</a></p><a href="http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/kia-considers-mx5-rival-20101001-15zvd.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" align="right" class="right border" alt="2010 Kia Sorento grille and logo" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/10kiasorentoreview2011opt .jpg" /></a>It looks like <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/kia">Kia</a> may be jumping into the sports car fray sometime soon. According to <a href="http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/kia-considers-mx5-rival-20101001-15zvd.html">Drive</a>, the Korean automaker has its sights set on building a model to lock horns with the poster child for cheap driving fun, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mx-5">Mazda MX-5 Miata</a>. The head honcho of Kia design, Peter Schreyer, has said that he's behind the idea of his company building a low-budget, rear-wheel-drive drop top. When Drive asked the designer how work was coming along on the Kia sports car, Schreyer was plenty evasive, and the site is taking that to mean that there's a passel of workers chiseling away on a new fun-to-fling model right now.<br />
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Schreyer is widely known as a fan of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/miata">Miata</a>, and has been quoted pontificating on the benefits that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/mazda">Mazda</a> has reaped from that particular car. With <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/hyundai">Hyundai</a> already enjoying some success with its sports-oriented <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/genesis coupe">Genesis Coupe</a>, it's possible that the suits at Kia could find a case for a smaller, more playful sports car in that company's stable. Hey, we can hope.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/kia-considers-mx5-rival-20101001-15zvd.html">Drive</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/04/rumormill-kia-considering-mazda-mx-5-miata-competitor/">Rumormill: Kia considering Mazda MX-5 Miata competitor?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:29:00 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/2010/10/04/rumormill-kia-considering-mazda-mx-5-miata-competitor/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19659348/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/04/rumormill-kia-considering-mazda-mx-5-miata-competitor/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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