Brian Keenan
Founding Member
Here's a short interview with Peter Schreyer on the Kia Stinger:
Peter Schreyer, the man responsible for the iconic looks of the first Audi TT coupe, has dreamed of designing a true sports car for Kia since the Korean automaker hired him away from the Volkswagen Group in 2006. Despite his success at Kia, which in 2012 earned him a promotion to Hyundai Motor Group vice president and chief design officer and put him in control of styling at all the company's brands, Schreyer's sports car remained in a drawer. Then an opportunity arose to put that passion into a completely different project. The result is the Kia Stinger. Schreyer discussed the sport sedan's genesis with Automotive News Europe Associate Publisher and Editor Luca Ciferri at the Stinger's European preview in Milan, Italy.
How did you start with the Stinger?
I had a sports car on my mind for years. It was almost a dream for me [since I arrived at Kia]. I had hoped to use a rear-wheel-drive layout for the car because you can get completely different proportions that way. After we did the South Korea-only K9 large sedan with rwd [Kia Europe design boss) Gregory Guillaume said we should collaborate on something based on this architecture because we are both passionate about sports cars. The result was the Stinger, which is something special. It is the first rwd sporty sedan from Kia that was designed since day one for international markets.
Where did you look for inspiration?
Read the full article here:
http://europe.autonews.com/article/20170314/ANE/170309918?template=mobile02
Peter Schreyer, the man responsible for the iconic looks of the first Audi TT coupe, has dreamed of designing a true sports car for Kia since the Korean automaker hired him away from the Volkswagen Group in 2006. Despite his success at Kia, which in 2012 earned him a promotion to Hyundai Motor Group vice president and chief design officer and put him in control of styling at all the company's brands, Schreyer's sports car remained in a drawer. Then an opportunity arose to put that passion into a completely different project. The result is the Kia Stinger. Schreyer discussed the sport sedan's genesis with Automotive News Europe Associate Publisher and Editor Luca Ciferri at the Stinger's European preview in Milan, Italy.
How did you start with the Stinger?
I had a sports car on my mind for years. It was almost a dream for me [since I arrived at Kia]. I had hoped to use a rear-wheel-drive layout for the car because you can get completely different proportions that way. After we did the South Korea-only K9 large sedan with rwd [Kia Europe design boss) Gregory Guillaume said we should collaborate on something based on this architecture because we are both passionate about sports cars. The result was the Stinger, which is something special. It is the first rwd sporty sedan from Kia that was designed since day one for international markets.
Where did you look for inspiration?
Read the full article here:
http://europe.autonews.com/article/20170314/ANE/170309918?template=mobile02
