Kia Track’ster Concept Headed for Chicago, Topless Soul’ster Concept May Be Built

The Kia Soul has been a big hit for the company, and it's an even better drive than before thanks to improvements made for 2012. To sustain the momentum, the Korean automaker is showing a Soul concept at the 2012 Chicago auto show called Track'ster. Born at Kia's California design studio, this box is intended to "be the ultimate sporting representation of Kia's Soul." Much more aggressive looking than the tamer and topless Soul'ster concept shown at the 2009 Detroit auto show, the Track'ster is said to embody the automaker's latest design direction. Envisioned with a 250-hp engine—the concept may in reality pack no powertrain at all—Kia says there are no plans to produce it. Our bubble just burst. On the flip side, the Soul'ster is said to be in the final stages of consideration for production, whatever that means. We thought it was pretty cool way back when it debuted, so, yeah, we say bring it to market. The Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet called and told us it's lonely in the convertible-crossover/weird-thing-nobody-asked-for segment. from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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