The folks over at Kia are developing a pickup truck that will be offered in both combustion and electric guises. Work on this vehicle that will be offered globally except North America has been ongoing for at least a couple of years now and all indications point towards it having a design inspired by the Mohave available in South Korea.
However, Kia just took the covers off to one of its most important and striking vehicles, the all-electric EV9 so this has prompted design Theottle to imagine what a truck version of that model would look like. While we have no doubt that Kia will knock it out of the park with the Mohave-esque design, we’d love for another truck, possibly for the North American market, to adopt some of the key elements from the EV9.
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In creating this bold pickup, the rendering artist opted against messing with the SUV’s most important and unique design details and instead just converted it into a pickup and altered some of the proportions. The most obvious change is the fitment of a large bed where the trunk once sat but Theottle has also extended the wheelbase of the EV9 to allow for what looks like quite a large bed.
While the front fascia of the EV9 pickup is identical to the SUV, the altered rear-end has necessitated the fitment of different taillights. Whereas those of the SUV have an element that stretches up the D-pillars, the pickup adopts a full-width LED light bar.
CarScoops understands that the Kia pickup for global markets excluding North America which is rumored to get a different model altogether, will be a body-on-frame vehicle and that it will be offered with at least three powertrains. These should include a 2.2-liter ‘Smartstream’ turbocharged diesel four-cylinder with approximately 210 hp and 310 lb-ft (420 Nm) of torque. A 2.5-liter turbo-petrol with 276 hp is also thought to be on the cards. Topping out the range will apparently be a dual-motor, electric model with 550 hp and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque.