Kia Stinger Will Launch in May Starting Around $27,000

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind) 03/27/2017 at 08:37 • Filed to: Kia

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After its North American debut in January and its European debut in February, the Kia Stinger is finally having its local debut in South Korea this Friday. Kia said the Stinger will be launched in its home market during May with a base price of about $27,000 . The vehicle could very well start around the $30,000 mark when it makes it to the US sometime around Fall.

The RWD version of the Stinger, with its standard limited-slip diff, will NOT wear the Kia emblem. Ooooo! It will receive it’s own unique badging much in the way that the Kia Mojave has a unique emblem (by the way, the Borrego never died outside of North America). Interestingly the AWD models will receive Kia badges in the local market as well as ALL exported cars. So this is a special badge for Korean buyers of the RWD-spec Stinger only. It’s seeming as if the RWD car may be more different from the AWD version than we thought...

If you are in the US and just can’t wait to pick up your 365 hp, turbocharged V6 Korean sports sedan (first time that has ever been typed) then you can grab a 2018 Genesis G80 Sport around the same time the Stinger launches in Korea. However, that is a vehicle which will likely weigh 300-400 lbs more and have a $7,000 premium on it. But hey, the big boy G90 weighs around 4,800 lbs and that V6 seems to hustle the thing from 0-60 mph in 5.4 seconds. I have a sneaky suspicion that this powertrain is, in a twist of the norm, very conservative and is actually a far meaner engine than its “current” applications suggest.

The smaller Genesis G70 should be revealed fairly soon and launch in Korea towards the end of the year.

I went back and looked at the RWD demo car everyone was driving and it is indeed badgeless up front (even in the press pictures) but not in the rear.

random001 > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 08:39

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That angle looks really good, esp. in white.

boredalways > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 08:40

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gib

CAR_IS_MI > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 08:58

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The BMW A7...

fintail > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 09:26

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Funny that everyone said Hyunkia should rebadge their premium models, the arrogant suits laughed, and now they are rebadging their premium models.

Also, Schreyer is a one trick pony.

DipodomysDeserti > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 09:42

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Always a good sign when a brand doesn’t want to put their logo on their own products.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI 03/27/2017 at 09:48

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I like to call it the baby-A7

Then Audi crapped their pants and launched out the sportback A5, so yeah its basically the new 5 door A5 with a Kia nose.

Illegitimus Prime > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 10:00

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Great, so it’ll be like 48k euros here in The Netherlands.

B/Xmrrmvr > DipodomysDeserti 03/27/2017 at 10:49

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Indeed:

And I’m guessing Kia’s going to do something similar to what Toyota did with their cars back in the 80s.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 12:16

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I forsee used K900 prices taking a nosedive.

Now where’s my damn production Telluride?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > random001 03/27/2017 at 12:17

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I love that C pillar treatment. Looks good on the Optima, and even better on the Stinger

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Wobbles the Mind 03/27/2017 at 17:15

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This (with a manual) is pretty close to an ideal family car for me, RWD, not too big, sporty, liftback for extra stuff packing.

I’ll be curious to hear if Kia can turn the gearbox tuning up enough to match the sporty intentions of the car. Maybe an auto would be acceptable...

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > B/Xmrrmvr 03/27/2017 at 21:24

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Re: Corvette. There’s your bowtie!

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Wobbles the Mind 03/28/2017 at 16:46

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Have there been any murmurs about a manual transmission down the line for the lower end stinger? That would make me interested enough to brave our local Kia dealer in a year or two when I’m looking at a car like this.

Wobbles the Mind > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 03/28/2017 at 19:50

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I don’t think so since Hyundai-Kia avoid using powertrains that aren’t their own (due to the 10 year warranty). They aren’t going to make a new manual transmission so if they do decide to offer a stick then it will be the same 6-speed from the dead Genesis Coupe which means only the RWD model equipped with the 255 hp turbo 4-cyl would get it.

But both Hyundai and Kia have done some things recently that have completely surprised me and show the companies are changing, so you never know depending on how the car is recieved and if Albert Biermann says the RWD cars need it.