Interior Differences at Different Auto Shows

[Bamm1]

Here is a picture of the interior from the NAIAS:

"Round" steering wheel and "open" cup holders.

Here is a picture of the interior from Geneva:

"D-Shaped" steering wheel and "close-able" cup holders.

I am wondering if there will be differences between the US version and the ROW version?
Could also be as we move closer to the final production version we are seeing "tweaks" to the interior design.

I actually like the ability to close the cup holders (looks cleaner) and I also like the D-shaped steering wheel. Drove an Optima Turbo with a similar wheel design. I liked how it looked and it didn't really impact ergonomics (reminded me of the wheel in the GTI).

 

[Kia Stinger]

Interesting. I do believe the D-shaped steering wheel is optional. I agree with you on the cup holder cover - it needs to be there. It looks much nicer covered when you're not using it.

 

[app_master]

Good spot on the cup holder cover. Yes I think we are seeing a few different mixed-up model trims on all the show pre-productions versions. I trust and hope the GT will get the best of their bits. At the same time I'm pretty eager to see some final versions with maybe few unrevealed surprises. Although I won't hold my breath, as I type it's still 6 months away. But that leaves plenty of time to finalize these types of things.

 

[hej]

Like app master, it stands to reason that we're just seeing iterative changes to preproduction interiors. I'm not sure if anybody else noticed, but we've also seen two different gear selectors. The one in the pictures above, and this one below. It could be a difference between base and GT, or different markets, but I'm guessing it's just pre-production.

 

[Bamm1]

Like app master, it stands to reason that we're just seeing iterative changes to preproduction interiors. I'm not sure if anybody else noticed, but we've also seen two different gear selectors. The one in the pictures above, and this one below. It could be a difference between base and GT, or different markets, but I'm guessing it's just pre-production.

Interesting. Round wheel, no GT badge on the wheel, closing cup holders and unless the color scale is messed up on my computer screen, a brownish color. I recall seeing pictures of a "brown" interior previously (probably pictures of the same car) on one of the UK sites that listed it as "Euro-Spec".

 

[hej]

Interesting. Round wheel, no GT badge on the wheel, closing cup holders and unless the color scale is messed up on my computer screen, a brownish color. I recall seeing pictures of a "brown" interior previously (probably pictures of the same car) on one of the UK sites that listed it as "Euro-Spec".

The brownish color isn't just your monitor.

 

[Kia Stinger]

I do like the brown interior. It's definitely interesting seeing these little changes and progressions over time...

 

[Bamm1]

The brown "everywhere" here is very interesting. Different angle:

The cars with the red or gray seats had door cards to match but the rest of the interior was still black (dash, steering wheel, etc.). I do not recall seeing any "brown" interior shots from the big Auto Shows (NAIAS, Geneva) either. Just gray, black and red.

VERY curious to see what interior color / exterior color combinations Kia will allow.

 

[jburns]

The brown "everywhere" here is very interesting. Different angle:

The cars with the red or gray seats had door cards to match but the rest of the interior was still black (dash, steering wheel, etc.). I do not recall seeing any "brown" interior shots from the big Auto Shows (NAIAS, Geneva) either. Just gray, black and red.

VERY curious to see what interior color / exterior color combinations Kia will allow.

I'm not usually a fan of brown but that actually looks quite nice.

 

[Kia Stinger]

The brown "everywhere" here is very interesting. Different angle:

The cars with the red or gray seats had door cards to match but the rest of the interior was still black (dash, steering wheel, etc.). I do not recall seeing any "brown" interior shots from the big Auto Shows (NAIAS, Geneva) either. Just gray, black and red.

VERY curious to see what interior color / exterior color combinations Kia will allow.

Yes, that looks great. I really like the layout of this interior...

 

[Jenny Wang]

I never cared for brown but it's been growing on me. I even see brown paint on cars now and it looks pretty good. I just wonder if it's a fad like that old teal blue that nobody likes anymore. The brown interior looks very masculine.