KIA Rio "What's in the new Kia Rio from Koreans, Russians and ... French"
The metamorphosis that happened to the best-selling foreign car in Russia is a continuous ... Dream. In the sense that the "facade" and "stern" of the bestseller was almost radically changed by the head of the KIA Motors design center in Shanghai, Oleg Son. This Frenchman, who has worked at PSA for almost 30 years, drew, among other things, the avant-garde DS 3 and DS 5. And now thanks to him, Rio flaunts much more aggressive headlamps and tries to show off imitation exhaust pipes. Perhaps you decided that the French designer was guided by the tastes of the Chinese audience? Nothing like this! He compared his watches with the office of the Korean brand in Russia, which prepared the terms of reference based on surveys of real owners of pre-styling cars - private owners, taxi drivers, and car sharing users. Let there be light! While I was examining the "new face" of the St. Petersburg-built sedan at the presentation, the local animator, who played the role ...