News
Gallery 1
Australia’s excited for Kia’s Stinger GT. Really excited. But some of us are highly suspect of one thing, its engine.
Power isn’t in question, with 276kW/510Nm the twin-turbo V6 makes enough to humble your uncle’s Commodore SS or Falcon XR6 Turbo.
The issue’s so rife Kia Australia has vowed to beef up the Stinger’s bark with a bi-modal exhaust designed by HSV’s contract exhaust gurus.
While tests on a prototype are happening in Melbourne until Kia are happy, Australia waits in suspense to know whether a burly tune can be extracted from the refinement-focused Stinger.
In Korea, however, exhaust specialists JUN B.L have proven there’s nothing to worry about if you turn to the aftermarket.
The shop has released video of a Stinger GT fitted with its aftermarket exhaust. And it reveals the 3.3-litre V6 definitely has a bark. A proper, gurgly one at that.
The system looks to start from the cat back and, with some revs, helps the Stinger mimic an AMG C43’s howling six.
Kia’s promised a rear-drive, four-door sedan that can clip 100km/h in under six seconds, and everything we’ve seen or driven so far says it’ll deliver.
Should it near the JUN B.L system’s rort, we’re sure Aussies will feel much more comfortable laying down $55K of their hard earned.
Source: JUN B.L systems
