Kia's BMW 7 series replica
 

New BMW 7 series, oop's I meant Kia's new flagship car the "9" series...

On a serious note, I spotted this car a few months ago and the LED headlamps look nice.


http://autospies.com/news/WORLD-EXCL...-Up-Dog-71531/

http://shows.autospies.com/gallery/a...&galleryId=459

http://shows.autospies.com/gallery/a...&galleryId=459

too many similarities, if I had the money I'd rather just get a 7 series

I saw this rolling around a few months ago too. The LED headlamps do look pretty crazy.

They really didn't have to make such a "knock-off" of the BMW.

Kia's Optima looks good enough, and this car would've done fine, if not better, had they just advanced with that styling. At least it's a good look they can actually call their own.

Now people might avoid this just because it looks so much like a knock-off.

+1, even down to the style of the shifter. Way too close.

Some of the styling cues are just too tacky/cheap, like the fender 'vent' chrome trim and the 'swoop' for the side mirror turn signals.

k9=canine=dog :fuckthatshit:

What a blatant ripoff. Come on Kia, you can do better than that...

I think :suspicious:

its not even called the "9 series" its called the Kia K9, and the only resemblance it has to the 7 series is the rear end.

not a fan but its a step in the right direction for KIA
its like how hyundais were blatant ripoffs of hondas until they recently developed their own unique designs.

Those headlights are ugly as sin. But I would still choose it over the 7 series. That is if they bring out a bigger motor version

I digress. This is a step backwards for Kia.

The Optima design language was a great step forward. It was bold, and it was original. This is a rip-off of another cars design. They took the easy way out and its going to kill the momentum they were building with some of the recent styling successes.

man that shifter is way too similar to BMWs

so much similarities its not even funny..


pretty sure you blind fold a seven series driver and you put him in this car.. he'd think its his own car.. (besides the possible smell of dog :troll: )

The front looks like a 7 and the rear looks like an LS460. lol.

But hey, it's cheaper than a new 7. And might be more reliable, too.

Pretty much all cars are ripoffs of other cars. Remember in the 90s when the S class, 7 series, and Lexus LS all looked the damn same? It's nothing new.

Hyundai and Kias are looking a lot better now, some of their cars look pretty promising. I'd totally drive a Genesis or Veloster.

is it wrong if i find it more interesting than an actual 7series? :)

that design team is consisted of pricks with no imagination whatsoever.

Don't recall them ever looking the same. Even in the 80's.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-...4/ls400_02.jpg

http://images1.americanlisted.com/nl...on_9262709.jpg

http://images.indexusedcars.com/dfb6...8a4fcf208.jpeg

^ this

What the new 2015 7 series might look like...

http://www.bmwblog.com/wp-content/up...er-655x432.png

http://www.bmwblog.com/wp-content/up..._0-655x482.jpg

yes... "if" is keyword

well lets face it i doubt this thing would be in the price range of a 7 anyway.

the target demographic group for this car is NOT potential 7 series buyers.

nobody with the money to buy a 7 would choose this car over the 7, they don't care about things like 'led headlights'. they care more about the proven track record of the 7.

but i was thinking this might cannibalize some of the sales from the genesis sedan... smart move or no? considering kia is partially owned by hyundai.


while i do agree that korean cars are starting to look better and better especially when compared to american/japanese cars, i don't see any reason someone with the money to buy a european equivalent would purchase the korean one instead.

K9 or the Equus? I'd go with the Equus.

Equus easily

the kia k9 even took the opague eyebrow in the headlights from BMW