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It was one of many manufacturers to unveil exotic concept and production cars to motoring writers overnight Sydney time, ahead of the the show opening to the public today.
The Pro-cee'd is an indication of how the three-door Ceed hatch, one of Kia's new C-segment models, will look when released in Europe next December.
"The Pro-cee'd is a show car built around the three-door hatch. It's obviously going a little further than the three-door hatch," says Kia's Jonathan Fletcher.
The Pro-cee'd follows the original Ceed concept car, which was displayed at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year.
It features four bucket-style seats with aluminium alloy mountings for the head restraints. The two-part design wheels have five double spokes with a recessed black powder-coated centre and polished convex perimeter spokes. It also has low-profile tyres.
"Three recessed dials of the instrument panel have separate metal cowlings set beneath a top cowling that appears to float above the dashboard," says Kia's description.
A five-door production version of the Ceed model will also make its debut at the Paris show and will be manufactured in Europe from November. The sporty hatch will be the third model in the range. A wagon version will follow next year.
The chief designer for Kia at the European Design Centre, Gregory Guillaume, says: "Like the five-door Ceed, which has its world premiere at Paris, the new Ceed sporty hatch will be a truly European product, designed in Europe and made in Europe."
Both the sporty hatch and Pro-cee'd concept will have a lowered roofline and shallower side windows with a chrome trim.
While the five-door and wagon models are pitched at the family car market, the three-door Ceed will be marketed to a younger audience, Fletcher says.
It is still uncertain if the Ceed models will make their way Down Under. "It is too early to tell. We don't even know when they're going to start production on the five-door in right-hand drive," Fletcher says.
So we will have to hold out a while to see any members of the Ceed range, as the Pro-cee'd won't be at the Sydney motor show this year.
Other concepts unveiled at the Paris show include the Renault Nepta, the Citroen C-Matisse, Peugeot's 908RC, the Hyundai Arnejs and Volkswagen's Iroc.
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