New Kia Stinger coming in 2020! Twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 engine to deliver even more grunt for Korea's rear-drive rocket - reports

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The Kia Stinger will get bigger engines and more power according to international reports.
Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
8 Apr 2020
2 min read

The new Kia Stinger will arrive in Australia in the third quarter of 2020, with international media reportingĀ that Korea's modern answer to the now extinctĀ Holden CommodoreĀ will be packing a whole lot of extra grunt under its bonnet.

Reports out of Korea have suggested the 2021 Kia Stinger will undergo engine transplant surgery, ensuring the rear-drive rocket's powertrain options are in keeping with the broader Hyundai Group's.Ā 

That means a bigger engine and more grunt, no matter which end of the Stinger spectrum you should be shopping at, with the move also in keeping with Hyundai's shift to bigger engines.Ā 

Starting at the beginning of the line-up, the reports - first published in Auto EvolutionĀ -Ā claim Stingers that currently house the 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbocharged engine, which produces some 182kW and 353Nm, will instead be fitted with a biggerĀ 2.5-litre turbo four-cylinder engine (borrowed from the new Genesis G80), which will bump up the power to around 223kW and more than 420Nm.

Read More:Ā Ā Kia Stinger to live on with new engine? Prototype spotted testing with new 2.5-litre turbo

In even better news, the already punchy 3.3-litre twin-turbo V6 engine (272kW and 510Nm) will be swapped for a bigger 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6. It's also the same engine at work in the top-spec Genesis G80, where it producesĀ 279kW and 530Nm, so with luck, we'll see similar numbers in the Kia.Ā 

And given the Kia Stinger already posts a 4.9sec sprint to 100km/h, these changes would make the facelifted model a frighteningly quick beast.

Kia in Australia hasn't confirmed the changes, instead only confirming that an update to the Stinger is coming this year, so can only go on the reports for now.Ā 

Still, more power is never a bad thing, and given the Hyundai Group has the engines at its disposal, there could be some fire to this international smoke.

Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold. But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul. And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard. When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House. But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others. More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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