Kia has teased its upcoming ProCeed ahead of its Paris Motor Show reveal in October, revealing its new shooting brake's shapely rump.
There might not have been too many tears shed when the outgoing ProCeed quietly shuffled off Australia's new-car mortal coil way back in 2015, but something tells me we wouldn't have let this new one go quite so easily.
The teaser image doesn't reveal much more than a shapely - and decidedly premium-looking - rump, complete with full-width LED strips and a tiny spoiler mounted above the rear windscreen. But it's enough to whet our appetites for the new-look ProCeed.
Plus this all-new version makes much more sense than the old one, with the three-door coupe body shape axed in favour of a sleek five-door shooting brake design.
We know little else for now, other than Kia in Australia is on the record as saying the door was "shut, but not locked" on the ProCeed, so there is some chance of an eventual local debut. It seems unlikely, though, what with Kia HQ describing the new model as "designed, developed and engineered exclusively for Europe".
The new ProCeed will be revealed on September 13 before its official unveiling at the Paris Motor Show in October.
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Andrew Chesterton
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Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold.
But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul.
And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard.
When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House.
But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others.
More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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