Kia was founded in 1944, making it Korea's oldest car company.
To celebrate 80th anniversary, Kia unveiled 1996 Pride hatch powered by batteriesKia turned 80 this year, and the automaker's U.K. division celebrated with the unveiling of an electric restomod based on a 1996 Kia Pride subcompact hatchback.
The one-off restomod made its debut on Oct. 6 during Bicester Heritage's Scramble classic car gathering held annually in Bicester, U.K., and was developed in partnership with Electrogenic, a British EV conversion company that recently turned aUniquely, the restomod retains the donor car's five-speed manual transmission, which is now paired with a single electric motor instead of the original 1.3-liter inline-4.
Kia made efforts to retain the original look of the car, though some subtle modern details were added. The headlight internals are new, and were added to improve visibility at night. The paint finish is also new, and matches the White Pearl finish offered on Kia's current EVs.
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