Kia K9 headed to Frankfurt Motor Show
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/" rel="tag">Frankfurt Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</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>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/south-korea/" rel="tag">South Korea</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-k9-out-and-about/#3922296"><img alt="Kia K9 Spy Photo" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/05/k9-630.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px 0px;" /></a><br />
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<em>The Age</em> is reporting that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/kia">Kia</a> may bring its new V8-powered sedan to this year's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt motor show">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> in September. Code-named the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/k9">K9</a>, the vehicle is said to slot right into the market void between the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/genesis+sedan">Hyundai Genesis Sedan</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/equus">Equus</a> with styling penned by none other than <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/peter schreyer">Peter Schreyer</a> of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/volkswagen">Volkswagen</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi">Audi</a> fame. While speaking with <em>The Age</em>, Schreyer said that a rear-wheel-drive layout is the most exciting for designers, but that he couldn't speak about products that are "probably" in development. When it lands, the K9 is expected to draw inspiration from the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/5 series">BMW 5 Series</a>, though that's not exactly what we've seen from spy shots so far.<br />
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From the few photos that we've seen of the big four-door, the K9 looks to lift more generously from the design playbooks of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/maserati">Maserati</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/jaguar">Jaguar</a>. With side ports on its fenders, a set of aggressively-wrapped headlights and a vertical grille, the vehicle seems to be a potluck of luxury looks, but we'll wait to cast our final answer until we see the big Korean under the auto show lights. <em>Thanks for the tip, Ed!</em><br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-k9-out-and-about">Kia K9 out and about</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-k9-out-and-about/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/kiak9spyshot1_thumbnail.j pg" alt="Kia K9 front disguised" title="Kia K9 front disguised" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-k9-out-and-about/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/kiak9spyshot2_thumbnail.j pg" alt="Kia K9 read disguised" title="Kia K9 read disguised" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-k9-out-and-about/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/kiak9spyshot3_thumbnail.j pg" alt="Kia K9 mirror" title="Kia K9 mirror" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-k9-out-and-about/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/kiak9spyshot4_thumbnail.j pg" alt="Kia K9 wheel" title="Kia K9 wheel" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-k9-out-and-about/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/kiak9spyshot5_thumbnail.j pg" alt="Kia K9 headlight" title="Kia K9 headlight" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/03/kia-k9-headed-to-frankfurt-motor-show/">Kia K9 headed to Frankfurt Motor Show</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 03 May 2011 16:30:00 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/2011/05/03/kia-k9-headed-to-frankfurt-motor-show/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19930458/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/03/kia-k9-headed-to-frankfurt-motor-show/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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