Another automobile included in Bermaz’s plans for Kia is the brand new Niro, which was revealed simply final month. According to analyst experiences in RHB Investment Bank and Kenanga Research, the electrified crossover can be launched in Malaysia in the fourth quarter of next year, bookending what can be a busy 12 months for the model.
This has been moved up from Bermaz’s own timeline it confirmed to the media solely a few weeks in the past, though the latter might be referring to CKD local assembly plans, with the automobile probably making an earlier debut in fully-imported (CBU) type. Unlike the opposite electrical automobiles on this record, the Niro didn’t have the EV tag next to its title, suggesting that will probably be launched in hybrid type first.
Bermaz has already confirmed that it’ll introduce plug-in hybrid and fully-electric variations of the Niro, which can probably have to attend for native manufacturing to start. Kia has not launched technical particulars of the brand new second-generation mannequin, nevertheless it has launched photographs of the design, which borrows loads of design cues from the HabaNiro idea (together with distinctive vertical taillights) and an asymmetrical dashboard.
