Kia’s Electrical Stinger Successor Breaks Cowl

December 3, 2025

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Kia teases what appears like its electrical alternative for the Stinger.
The brand new four-door idea shall be revealed “quickly,” however the teaser video already offers us a good suggestion of what to anticipate.
It will probably grow to be Kia’s model of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 in manufacturing type.

The Stinger is the one Kia that was ever actually enjoyable to drive, with its BMW-like rear-wheel-drive dealing with dynamics and sporty fastback design. It was discontinued in 2023, leaving a distinctly Stinger-shaped gap within the Kia lineup, which gap the producer vowed to fill with an EV however didn’t point out once more till immediately, when it launched this teaser video with out saying what it is exhibiting.

This dramatic-looking fastback research is probably going the idea that previews the Stinger’s electrical alternative. We don’t get an excellent take a look at it within the video, however we will make out some necessary particulars.

The roof form is one. It’s nearer to what we see on some coupe-like SUVs lately than it’s to the unique Stinger, however it’s actually dramatic and it lends the automobile a sporty character. It doesn’t appear like a crossover, although, and it has huge flanks that make it appear like it has a manufacturing facility widebody, making it look a bit like a racing or rally automobile with bolt-on fender flares which have been blended easily into the physique.

On the eight-second mark within the teaser video, you possibly can see simply how a lot the flanks jut out. One other element that caught out is the position of the daytime operating lights. They sit on high of the hood and seem to return well past the windshield, making the already fairly bonkers DRLs on the Lynk&Co 08 look tame.

Kia needs to maintain it mysterious for now, solely telling us that “A brand new future is on the horizon” and “our imaginative and prescient takes form quickly.” This idea might be a shock debut at subsequent month’s Brussels Motor Present, the place Kia plans to disclose not solely the EV2 but additionally spiced-up GT variations of the EV3, EV4, and EV5. It will truly make sense for this research to be current there alongside, however proper now, we will solely speculate.

No matter Kia decides to name this new mannequin—EV7 and EV8 can be found—it will probably grow to be the Kia equal of the Hyundai Ioniq 6. This implies it is going to be constructed on the costlier, 800-volt, rear-wheel-drive model of the E-GMP platform, so it is going to be a drift-ready machine with over 600 horsepower and a simulated combustion powertrain in its high GT trim.