Kia KH

These official sketches of the Kia KH preview an all-new flagship sedan that will also be the brand's first rear-wheel drive car, notwithstanding last year's GT concept.

The classically proportioned three-box sedan appears to feature a blend of Kia design cues and the influences of other luxury models. The KH sports the Kia tiger-nose grille, framed by large, detailed lamp graphics and contoured hood. However it's impossible not to think of the Maserati Quattroporte when viewing the pouting grille surround, fender-mounted porthole vents and DLO graphic.

Clearly we'll have to wait to see the new car in the sheet metal before confirming our initial impressions, something we will be able to do soon as the KH will be launched in its Korean domestic market the first-half of this year. No interior details have been released as yet.

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