For 2022, Kia Stinger keeps to conform and keep its role as Kia's halo game sedan at the same time as pushing frontiers in anticipated style, overall performance and engineering. It's been remodeled with new outside layout information that provide a extra upscale appearance, superior overall performance way to a extra effective trendy engine, and an remarkable using enjoy with numerous technologically superior motive force help structures as trendy.
In True Sport Sedan Fashion.Building off a layout hailed for its enthusiastic spirit and best experience of proportion, diffused styling improvements cognizance on Stinger's top class and overall performance-orientated appearance. Along with Kia's dynamic new emblem that embellishes the middle of the hood and wheel caps, modifications to the outside include:
- Standard LED headlamps with a brand new DRL signature or optional "Stinger-signature" LED DRLs and headlights
- Standard rear LED taillamps bridged via way of means of an attention-grabbing new taillight layout that spans the entire width of the liftgate; GT trims get a complete LED remedy with LED flip signals
- New 18- and 19-inch wheel designs described via way of means of lean and technical geometric shapes
- More competitive exhaust tip layout for superior visible attraction
Kia Stinger's indoors improvements sharpen the famend motive force-centric enjoy:
- Black gloss and chrome information at the device panel upload a hint of polish
- Modern sewing sample on internal door panels casts a hanging impact within the GT; GT fashions with Nappa leather-based surfaces benefit a brand new "chain hyperlink" layout stimulated via way of means of the wristbands located on high-quit watches
- Ambient LED temper cabin lights with colourful choice of colors
The Scorpion Special Edition set to reach this overdue Spring similarly quickens Stinger attraction with:
- Select outside colors: Snow White, Aurora Black, and Ceramic Silver
- Rear spoiler
- Blacked out fender garnish, aspect replicate caps, and darkened exhaust tips
- Unique black wheels
- Interior carbon fiber sample trim
Tuned via way of means of Driving Enthusiasts... for Driving Enthusiasts
Of all of the options, the 2022 Kia Stinger GT-Line can also additionally quickly be visible because the maximum fascinating Stinger. It flexes with extra strength to boost up farfar from the conventional definition of "entry-level:"
- 2.5-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine
- 8-velocity computerized transmission with paddle shifters
- three hundred horsepower and 311 lb.-ft. of torque for an expected 0-60 mph time of 5.2 seconds
- RWD or to be had torque vectoring AWD
- Estimated 22/32/25 mpg (RWD); 21/29/24 mpg (AWD)
The GT twin-faster 3.3-liter V6 keeps to provide higher-overall performance improvements together with Brembo brakes and release manage, however hearts and pistons will pound a bit more difficult with barely extra strength on tap:
- 8-velocity computerized transmission with paddle shifters
- 368 horsepower and 376 lb.-ft. of torque for expected 0-60 mph time of 4.7 seconds
- New digital variable exhaust gadget complements Stinger's audible "calling card" - mainly because it leaves different overall performance vehicles a long way in the back of
- RWD or to be had AWD with torque vectoring
- Estimated 18/25/20 mpg (RWD); 17/24/20 mpg (AWD)
Technology Upgrades that "Keep it withinside the Family"
Following withinside the footsteps of the K5 and Sorento, the Kia Stinger pampers its passengers with the modern-day in infotainment and technology:
- Standard 10.25-inch touchscreen show with navigation and trendy Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, plus multi-connection Bluetooth wi-fi connectivity and split-display screen functionality
- Wireless charger for well matched smartphones
- Larger 4.2-inch colour TFT middle cluster is less difficult to examine and gives a extra colourful alternate of facts.
- Available 7-inch middle cluster affords the protection of the to be had Blind Spot View Monitor with a stay video view of adjoining lanes activated through the flip signal. This display screen additionally tasks the to be had Surround View Monitor, which makes use of 4 cameras to offer a 360-diploma automobile perspective
Kia Stinger's suite of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) has elevated and is now the class-chief on this luxurious segment:
- Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist with Junction Turning: Assists the driving force in braking to assist save you a collision or reduce the results in positive situations whilst turning left and an oncoming automobile is drawing close
- Safe Exit Warning: Can alert the driving force or passengers commencing their door now no longer to go out the automobile whilst the gadget detects drawing close visitors. When detected, a chime sounds.
- Blind Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist: Under positive situations, can hit upon motors touring withinside the subsequent lane. When a automobile is "visible" withinside the blind spot, the automobile brakes the outer wheel beneathneath positive situations to assist go back the automobile to its supposed lane
- Rear Cross Traffic Avoidance Assist: Helps hit upon maximum drawing close move visitors whilst in reverse. When drawing close move visitors is detected, the gadget indicators the driving force and applies the brakes
- Navigation-primarily based totally Smart Cruise Control: leverages the navigation gadget to decrease the automobile's velocity proactively earlier than upcoming curves
- Lane Following Assist: Follows lane markings that the gadget detects and affords steerage inputs to assist keep the automobile withinside the middle of the lane
- Highway Driving Assist: Uses federal dual carriageway velocity restrict facts from the navigation gadget and, beneathneath positive situations, will robotically modify velocity to be withinside the published velocity restrict and keep distance with the automobile detected in front
The extraordinary Harman/Kardon top class audio gadget is still to be had, at the same time as UVO hyperlink telematics gives an array of superior linked automobile functions, together with:
- Connected Routing: A new cloud-primarily based totally direction calculation gadget that makes use of UVO cloud to calculate the most excellent direction the usage of real-time maps, expected upcoming visitors information primarily based totally on ancient facts and AI to research the desired routes of users
- Connected Weather: Provides climate facts for extra than 25,000 cities
- Enhanced UVO voice help function lets in voice manage of the automobile's climate, seat and steerage-wheel heating, audio gadget, and different functions
Connected User Profiles: Allows clients to feature an extra motive force to their automobile. The drivers may have their person UVO debts related to the automobile and get entry to to the faraway functions the usage of the Kia Access App. The profile shops a few choose settings at the UVO cloud and may be shared with different well matched Kia motors.
- UVO & Smart Speaker Integration shall we clients use Amazon-Alexa or
- Google-Assistant enabled clever speaker or tool to remotely manage a few functions (together with faraway begin)
- Advanced notifications:
- Engine Idle Notification and Automatic Engine Shut Off notifies the driving force through the UVO hyperlink app if the engine is left idling and, after a pre-decided on time, turns off the engine
- Rear Occupancy Alert can ship push notification indicators through the UVO hyperlink app if motion is detected within the automobile
- 911 Connect and Roadside Assistance will robotically strive to name 911 through the integrated UVO modem if an airbag deploys. For non-emergencies, it may hook up with 24/7 roadside help and percentage the automobile's location
- On-call for Find My Car with to be had Surround View Monitor makes use of the automobile cameras to seize photos of the automobile's environment after which percentage them through the Kia Access UVO app
- Last Mile Navigation affords taking walks guidelines to the driving force's very last vacation spot if the automobile is parked among 0.1 and 1.2 miles away
- Calendar Integration syncs with owner's cloud-primarily based totally calendar and shows calendar occasions on touchscreen. Also affords navigation to occasion vacation spot if cope with has been entered in calendar occasion
- Valet Mode locks Stinger's touchscreen, retaining private facts together with name records, cope with book, and navigation locations personal whilst automobile is left with valet or different unknown person
