Has anyone seen any Stingers in the wild?

[eljay]

Saw 3 yesterday evening, between 5:00 and midnight, all but one on the 605. A black one was pulling up on my left when I noticed it, but when its nose got just about even with my door, before I could take my eyes off traffic to look for hood vents, it suddenly dropped back, changed lanes to behind me, and then to the righthand lanes transitioning to the 10. It was like the driver was planning to acknowledge a fellow Stinger but then realized they were going to miss the transition. I wasn't sure it was a Stinger until I saw the headlights in my rear window. The second was the black 2.0 I've seen repeatedly in a restaurant lot on Foothill. The final one was a white or possibly ceramic silver one, close to midnight, but since the 5 lanes of freeway were being narrowed down to 2 because of a couple of miles of paving repairs being done just ahead, and I was in the middle of the merge, I only saw the taillights speeding past me in the one lane that was still moving. But three is my record for one day.

 

[westcoastGT]

saw another white GT in Sayulita Mexico yesterday !

 

[ShannonC]

Micro Blue, North Parramatta.

 

[NYC Valentin]

I see quite a few in NYC. One parked at a bar on the same block as my place. When I'm in Bridgeport, CT, I had a record of 2 in one day, within 2 minutes of each other.
Best experience: I was driving upstate, with the beautiful curvaceous roads and I pull up behind a blue stinger. We start driving 60-70 MPH down roads which warn to go 25-35. We continue this for 15-20 minutes until we reach upon another car going slow. At which point he rolls down his window, does a thumbs up, and motions for me to pass them. So of course I do, and speed off.

 

[Kimberly Lazarski]

I was going up and down Brackett road in Gorham, ME testing an OBD splitter (running both Torque and a Scangauge) and while leaving the roundabout and heading back down Brackett I saw a white Stinger behind me coming up Libby road then on to Brackett.

 

[GPhenom]

Saw a 2022 Panthera Metal Stinger at lunchtime off Lindbergh and New Florissant Road.

Right after I took this pic, I noticed three construction workers pointing and staring at my car. They proceeded to hop in their truck and pull around the drive thru line just to get a closer look.

 

[vipeboy2000]

Saw this red gt line when I was dropping off some packages!

 

[Kimberly Lazarski]

I saw a Micro Blue one today in the Gray, Maine area - pre-refresh, I spotted the taillights on US 202 I think? I was driving the Saab 9-3 for the last time, to its new home.

I rarely see them on the road, and I saw two today.

 

[eljay]

I guess today was Take Your Stinger to Brunch Day. As I was passing on my way to an early lunch with friends, I saw a black one pulling into the lot at Polly's Pies in Montebello just before 11 a.m.

 

[rpoffen]

Caught this one in the parking lot of the Nation’s burgers in Antioch, Ca on the corner of Lone Tree Way and Empire ave.
Must be a 2.0t, didn’t have Brembo brakes.

 

[nhcowboy28]

View attachment 64785Caught this one in the parking lot of the Nation’s burgers in Antioch, Ca on the corner of Lone Tree Way and Empire ave.
Must be a 2.0t, didn’t have Brembo brakes.

 

[Kamauxx]

View attachment 64785Caught this one in the parking lot of the Nation’s burgers in Antioch, Ca on the corner of Lone Tree Way and Empire ave.
Must be a 2.0t, didn’t have Brembo brakes.

You can tell it's a 2.0 version by the silver trim and body colored mirrors as well.

 

[rpoffen]

Thanks. I wasn’t sure if that was specific to the 2.0 or could be a lower trim GT. The one I saw also has different headlights, certainly not DBL It also had a K badge on the hood, not E.
I know for sure that Brembo’s only came on the 3.3.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Thanks. I wasn’t sure if that was specific to the 2.0 or could be a lower trim GT. The one I saw also has different headlights, certainly not DBL It also had a K badge on the hood, not E.
I know for sure that Brembo’s only came on the 3.3.

The "tiger teeth" are missing from the lower grille; and the black inserts on the brake scoops are smaller; door handles are chrome instead of body colored; that one is a Base 2.0L, no sunroof; no dark chrome on the 2.0L up to MY20: that was the year that Kia made all outside design cues match across all trims.

 

[Deviate]

The "tiger teeth" are missing from the lower grille; and the black inserts on the brake scoops are smaller; door handles are chrome instead of body colored; that one is a Base 2.0L, no sunroof; no dark chrome on the 2.0L up to MY20: that was the year that Kia made all outside design cues match across all trims.

Umm sir...my MY18 has a sunroof and a 2.0.

 

[Vonrichthofen]

For the sake of comparison here is a photo of my 2021 GT Line 2.0. It does however have the sun and sound package and AWD. It also has the red leather interior.
But @ MerlintheMad is correct. Mine has the “tiger teeth“ on the lower grille, the gunmetal chrome mirrors, and the body colored door handles.

 

[Deviate]

For the sake of comparison here is a photo of my 2021 GT Line 2.0. It does however have the sun and sound package and AWD. It also has the red leather interior.
But @ MerlintheMad is correct. Mine has the “tiger teeth“ on the lower grille, the gunmetal chrome mirrors, and the body colored door handles.View attachment 64799

All true! But my 2.0 premium has the sun and sound and is an 18 so thats where my statement comes from. I do have the silver vents,grill and handle strips. As well has body colored mirror caps.

 

[MerlintheMad]

All true! But my 2.0 premium has the sun and sound and is an 18 so thats where my statement comes from. I do have the silver vents,grill and handle strips. As well has body colored mirror caps.

Yes, the 2.0L Premium has a sunroof: the Base 2.0L does not.

 

[davebo]

Well this was a decent weekend. Saw a Federation Orange on River Rd. heading into D.C. Saturday morning, then tonight leaving a job in D.C. I was joined on the GW Parkway by a blue stinger, who got stuck in the flow of traffic with me to the beltway, then up 270, then off to 370 where I could finally goose it before I had to exit. Hope they enjoyed the rest of their drive.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Afternoon
McFarland / mullinax
White gt