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Kia unveils SP Signature concept at Seoul Motor Show

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The Seoul Motor Show is alive and kicking, and

Kia

has used its home event to display two new concepts. One is the Mohave Masterpiece large SUV, which is what our

Borrego

could have become if the

Borrego

hadn’t been sent to slaughter in 2009 after just one year on sale here. The other concept is the SP Signature, said to preview a compact

crossover

Kia will sell around the world starting later this year. The four-door is a toned-down, more

production-ready version of the SP concept

unveiled at

India’s

Auto Expo last year.

The car’s a bit of a cryptid, with few facts and plenty of fuzzy details to go on. The SP Signature concept apparently began as an Indian-market product, then morphed into a worldwide offering.

Kia

said the “SP Concept hints at the company’s plans to introduce a new small SUV for its global markets,” but that “hint” has already been confirmed; Kia Motors CEO

Han-Woo Park told Automotive News

last October that the U.S. would get a new compact crossover in late 2019, and a

prototype matching the Signature’s profile

has been spotted testing.

Slotting in below the

Sportage

and about the size of the

Hyundai Kona

, the reported retail name is Tusker, but we aren’t sure that name will apply here. Although the Signature evokes

Kona

vibes, detailing makes the Signature look more technical and hawkish than the Kona, which we like. Rumor also has it that the so-called

Tusker won’t include all-wheel drive

as an option so as to leave daylight between it and the

Sportage

.

Several outlets have posited a debut at the

New York Auto Show

, partly because the

N.Y. show put out a press release

listing Kia as one of the automakers with a world debut. That press release has since disappeared, and with

Hyundai

having

announced the even smaller Venue

crossover for New York, it’s possible

Kia could have to give way

to big brother.

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