日前，起亚正式发布了一组全新的起亚SP概念车的预览图，并表示，新车将在2月7日的印度新德里汽车博览会上正式发布。据印度汽车博客介绍，SP概念车的量产版将于明年下半年发布并将在起亚印度工厂投产。如果量产版与概念版相差不大的话，将成为一辆设计非常时尚的CUV。当然，量产版会拿掉与车门齐平的门把手。而造型顺滑的前大灯很可能被更大，更普通的大灯组所替代，同时侧后视镜尺寸将进一步扩大。车辆尾部的设计则显然是在呼应车头的设计理念，两侧的尾灯以镀铬亮条进行连接，同时尾灯内部也采用了类似于阵列设计的LED光源。而量产车的合金轮圈尺寸将进一步缩小。，目前不清楚的是，这辆小型跨界车与Stonic是否存在关联性，或者是一辆完全为印度市场重新开发的车型。而根据国外媒体的信息显示，未来量产后的起亚SP也将作为一款全球车型推向其他市场。

Kia SP Concept Teased To Show Crossovers Are All The Rage

Kia introduced its Stonic subcompact crossover roughly seven months ago and already it seems there are plans for a new baby CUV. The difference between these two is that while the Stonic is a global model, the crossover previewed here by the SP Concept has been developed for the Indian market. “Inspired by Indian heritage and driven by advanced technology,” the new high-riding Kia will be unveiled in full on February 7 during the Auto Expo 2018 in New Delhi.

According to our friends at IndianAutosBlog, the pint-sized crossover is set to morph into a production version in the second half of 2019 and will be put together at Kia’s very first Indian plant. If it won’t stray away too far from the concept, it should turn out to be a stylish CUV, though you can imagine it will eschew the flush door handles. Those sleek headlights will likely be replaced as well by bigger and more conventional cluster, while the side mirrors are going to be a tad larger.

We also get to see the back of the SP Concept, with big taillights interconnected through a full-width metallic bar that might make some folks think of the Mercedes GLA. In typical concept fashion, the latest Kia has chunky alloy wheels that will likely go down in size for the road-going model. It remains to be seen whether the small crossover has anything to do with the Stonic or it’s an entirely different model developed from the ground up to cater the Indian market.

Kia is well aware of the fact that India is largely considered as being the fastest-growing car market in the world, hence why the company is finally making its debut in the second most populous country on Earth.