When Kia K9 launched in May in Korea is the new top model of Kia in the fourth quarter of 2012 in various international markets are available.
But then more grip with one name: "Quoris". The name of the rear-wheel drive was created from the English words whose "core" that is, heart, or core, and "quality".
This would be "on the main features of the Sedan" point, as Thomas Oh, Senior Executive Vice President and COO of the International Business Division of Kia Motors says. If things go Oh, will the word "Quoris" evoke associations to concepts such as solidity, luxury and high-tech and the new sedan stand out from the majority of established models.
Kia is keen to establish, to have given his 2013 Kia Quoris Sedan a wide range of latest driver assistance and active safety systems along the way. The saloon is the first Kia with a cruise control with distance radar (Advanced Smart Cruise Control, ASCC) is. The radar system will keep the road in front of the vehicle up to a distance of 174 meters, "in view". The safety distance to the vehicle in front can be adjusted via a button on the steering wheel, the driver between 52, 40, 32 or 25 meters (based on 90 km / h) Select. If necessary, ASCC engages with hard braking to a standstill.
ASCC is connected via the Advanced Vehicle Safety Management (AVSM) with the other control systems. The safety management integrates various vehicle-monitoring systems, including over the electronic stability control (ESC), the seat belt warning systems and multiple mechanisms. Depending on the risk of collision alert vorausberechnetem AVSM the driver in three phases, is preparing an emergency stop or biases ever get the seat belts (pre-safe seatbelt).
Also on board the Blind Spot Assist (blind spot detection, BSD) is. Two radar sensors detect objects in a range up to 70 meters and four meters behind the next vehicle. Compared with ultrasound-based Blind Spot Assist, the radar-based BSD system a greater detection range, which is also the lane change assistant (Lane Change Assist, LCA) is used. At a distance of up to 70 meters LCA detects vehicles approaching from behind at high speed. Threatened danger, a warning triangle warning icon in the side mirrors and a signal in the head-up display. Vehicles are on a collision course and the driver does not respond to the visual alert, audible alarm is given.
Other assistance to make the lane departure warning (lane departure warning system, LDWS) and when parking and maneuvering AVM (Around View Monitor), a park system with 360-degree view. The system combines images from four cameras and offers the driver a virtual "bird's eye view", which also increases the safety for pedestrians.