Spy Shots: Kia mystery box spotted testing
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/wagons/" rel="tag">Wagon</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></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-mystery-kia-hatchback/"><img alt="Mystery Kia spy shots" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/01-mystery-kia-spy-shots630opt.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 4px 0px;" /></a><br />
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Mystery Kia spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery</div>
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Every once in a while, a set of spy photos comes through that makes us stare at our computer screens like we're looking for the secret image inside of a <a href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&sugexp=ldyml s&xhr=t&q=magic+eye&cp=7& qe=bWFnaWMgZXk&qesig=-v9sTcWQ6RP5mOiE43wFPQ&pkc =AFgZ2tmvCX6BlnKb6DFbfwFg fw1Mu4x2m_KVmCxHZDEEudgxD 4r2XN2viEVafYIeb7lL-mOlXVuhxb_CtXoO-LBCYhmh5IMxdw&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&b iw=1280&bih=587">Magic Eye</a> stereogram picture. This is one of those cases, as we simply aren't sure what to make of this diminutive <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/kia">Kia</a> prototype.<br />
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Our best guess is that this is a new kei car for the Japanese market, as its uber-boxy dimensions and teeny-tiny wheels are fitting of the small MPVs that roam the streets of Japan. However, because we can't get a good feeling for how big this car actually is, there's a chance that Kia could be working on a sub-<a href="http://autoblog.com/model/soul">Soul</a> two-box. But from where we sit, those wheels simply way look too small for consumption here in the United States (imagine hitting a Detroit-spec pothole with those tiny tires), so we're thinking that whatever this prototype blossoms into, we likely won't see it on our shores.<br />
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Our shooters note that the rear doors differ from side-to-side, with the left side offering a conventional front-hinged door and the right side opting for a slider, giving it an MPV-like quality. Either way, this mystery box looks rather far along in development, so we'd expect to see it in production sooner rather than later, perhaps with a 2013 model year.<br />
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Have a look at the spy shots in our high-res gallery below, and wager your best guess as to what's lurking under the camouflage in Comments.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-mystery-kia-hatchback">Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-mystery-kia-hatchback/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/01-mystery-kia-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" title="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-mystery-kia-hatchback/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/02-mystery-kia-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" title="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-mystery-kia-hatchback/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/03-mystery-kia-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" title="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-mystery-kia-hatchback/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/04-mystery-kia-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" title="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-mystery-kia-hatchback/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/05-mystery-kia-spy-shots_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" title="Spy Shots: Mystery Kia Hatchback" /></a></div><br />
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