We have learn so many reviews concerning the demise of the Stinger that we really feel like life is already over for Kia’s halo grand tourer. Still, gross sales of the mannequin within the Australian market are robust, with native executives remaining dedicated to it.
More particularly, when requested a few doable discontinuation of the Stinger, Damien Meredith, chief working officer at Kia Australia, mentioned: “We haven’t heard anything official from Korea on whether or not we’re going to a new model for Stinger or not, so we’re just happy at the moment that we’re getting fantastic supply for the car and it’s doing exceptionally well in the market”.
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As reported by CarExpert, Australian gross sales of the Kia Stinger rose by 53.3 p.c this 12 months, following a powerful 203.8 p.c enhance in April. The flagship Stinger GT accounts for over 90 p.c of gross sales, benefiting from the very fact it’s the solely remaining rear-wheel drive sports activities sedan from a mainstream automaker within the native market (the rival VW Arteon is front-wheel-drive).
While Kia Australia would definitely like a brand new technology of the Stinger, this sounds unlikely because of the nameplate’s gradual gross sales in different markets. In the US, the mannequin is promoting round 13,000 models per 12 months, in China it has already been discontinued, whereas in Europe it was at all times thought of to be a distinct segment product.
The first reviews about Kia axing the Stinger surfaced in 2020 and continued all through 2021. Last 12 months, Karim Habib, Kia’s design boss, recommended that the EV6 might be seen because the non secular successor of the Stinger, fueling the rumors. The most up-to-date reviews state that Stinger manufacturing will finish within the second quarter of 2022, whereas others declare it’s going to stay accessible till 2023. The latter situation sounds believable for a mannequin that debuted in 2017 and obtained a facelift in 2020.
