KIA begins sales of coupe Forte Koup

South Korean KIA Motors has officially confirmed, that in the end of summer will begin sales of absolutely new model Forte Koup in the market of the USA. As it is informed in the company press release, the double coupe first in modelling number KIA is collected on the same platform, as sedan Forte thanks to what in salon with comfort five persons will take places. Appearance Koup is inherited from the conceptual car with the same name debuting in April 2008 in New York.

The American version of a coupe will receive the 2,0-litre four-cylinder engine power of 156HP as base and 2,4-litre power of 173HP — in sports complete set SX. The Transmission can be chosen from four variants including to "mechanics" and "automatic machine" with different number of steps.

In USA KIA Forte Koup will cost no more than 20 000 dollars.

A date started of sales of a coupe in Europe, and also the European characteristics and the prices will be known later.