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Hyundai

and

Kia

have a full docket planned for the

New York Auto Show

. We know

Hyundai’s bringing the Venue

subcompact

crossover

for “urban entrepreneurs,”

Kia will debut a compact crossover

originally conceived for the Indian market. and across the luxury aisle,

Genesis

will pull covers off an electric show car

and the U.S.-market G90

. Seems Kia has something else besides:

Just Auto

says Kia’s NY debuts will include the Habaniro concept, and

Carscoops

caught a photo of it in a NY show newsletter.

The misspelling of Habanero, from the same company responsible for the

Sorento

and Mohave, must be intentional and might make family ties to the

Kia Niro

.

Just Auto

says the small, squat crossover is about the size of the

Niro

, yet the zesty Habaniro concept separates itself from the tapioca Niro in numerous ways.

The barricade front end dispenses with the brand’s tiger nose grille in favor of a stylized brace that connects both fenders above a husky skid plate. A thin LED breaks into several angles across the fascia to break up the expanse of black brace and banded grille. Based on the front end alone, we wouldn’t be surprised if the Habaniro ended up in the next “

Tron”

franchise installment.

Whereas the Niro’s a four-door, the Habaniro concept believes three doors is enough, the passenger portals on the side featuring flush door handles that span the door shutline. The glasshouse is cut short aft of the doors to make room for a red slash running from roof to wheel well, a graphic that reminds us of the

2013 Peugeot 308 R concept

. From there, cue the requisite enormous wheels, clad in beefy all-terrain rubber. Also notice the lack of side mirrors. We can’t wait to find out what this is about.

Just Auto

had one last tidbit on the compact Kia crossover we knew about before. The name Tusker has been mooted as the global moniker, it seems Trazor could also be in the running. The new offering will slot in below the

Sportage

and Niro, above the

Soul

.

from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2v0ukQU