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With so much discussion about the subtle differences in the Stingers around the world and in different countries, I thought I'd start a post to discuss Kia's various corporate Stinger websites. It's quite fascinating to see the different marketing photos, videos and yes the different features available on the Stinger depending on region and country.
If you haven't looked at the Stinger in other countries, checkout KIAs Worldwide site, click on the the "Kia in Your Country" button in the upper right and browse the Stinger in different regions of the World.
Notes:
1. You'll need to use Google translate unless you're multi-lingual.
2. Only regions/countries that have Stingers have links/comments.
Africa (No Stingers, but some hot Picantos!)
Algeria
Angola
Botswana
Cameroon
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Moroco
Mozambique
Nigeria
Reunion
Senegal
Seychelles
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Korea
Macau
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Phillippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
America - Central and South America (No Stingers, but more hot Picantos!)
Antigua
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Bolivia
Brazil
British Dominica
British Guyana
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Chile
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
French Guyana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Martinique
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
America - North
Canada
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina - didn't translate well, but has some of the best media and pics!
Czech
Hungary
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Slovakia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Europe - Western
Austria
Denmark
Iceland
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Bahrain
Iran
Israel
Jordan
North Iraq
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Syria
UAE
Pacific
American Somoa
Austrailia
French Polynesia
Guam
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Saipan
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Western Soma
If you haven't looked at the Stinger in other countries, checkout KIAs Worldwide site, click on the the "Kia in Your Country" button in the upper right and browse the Stinger in different regions of the World.
Notes:
1. You'll need to use Google translate unless you're multi-lingual.
2. Only regions/countries that have Stingers have links/comments.
Africa (No Stingers, but some hot Picantos!)
Algeria
Angola
Botswana
Cameroon
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Moroco
Mozambique
Nigeria
Reunion
Senegal
Seychelles
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
- There's a great pic of red, black and silver under the exterior section
- I like the picture of NVH "Noice Vibration & Harshness" under performance.
China
- I really like the red Stinger GT against the white background in the appearance section
- There's a much larger and better picture of the aerodynamics under the car in the performance section
Hong Kong
- I like the silver Stinger GT at the bottom of the page.
Indonesia
Korea
- I like the white Stinger shown in the 360 VR section. Love Silky Silver, Pantela Metal and Deep Chroma Blue.
- I like the detail pics of the Brembo Brakes in the dream edition
- There's a cool video of the Stinger on a F1 track in Korea. YouTube link
- There's a great video and rendering of the Stinger and it's major functions. I really like when the white passes the black. YouTube link
- There's a nice picture and text about the 60/40 rear seat and storage space
- There's even a special social media and hashtag page for the Stinger.
Macau
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Phillippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
America - Central and South America (No Stingers, but more hot Picantos!)
Antigua
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Bolivia
Brazil
British Dominica
British Guyana
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Chile
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
French Guyana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Martinique
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
America - North
Canada
- I like the main video on the Stinger landing page, it has a cool effect of looking through a screen window
- The 360 degree Interior view is great
- I like the simplicity of the features on the Canadian page
- I love the picture below the color choices that shows a great stripped down chassis and engine in the performance section
- There's a nice picture of the aerodynamic covers under the car in the performance section
- Great picture of the main body frame in the security section
- Hey cool, I think I found another feature not in every region. AHLS - "Active Chest System". Although I think it should stand for "Active Hood Life Safety", maybe the translation was off. But
- There's a great video magazine site
- I like the main video of the stinger, but think it makes the HiChroma Red look too dark
- I like the picture with all the air bags deployed
- Cool timeline form concept to shipping
- Why are there more accessories listed on the Accessory page than show in the builder?
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina - didn't translate well, but has some of the best media and pics!
- A cool driving video of a red Stinger, cool countryside too. YouTube link
- I really like the next video that shows an overhead of the red Stinger driving.
- What!!! - there is a totally cool interactive video of different interior features!
- There is a fantastic picture of a red Stinger in front of a building with red accent lights. The light play of the car is killer!
- Incredible 360 photo of a red stinger on a curved road, and it's a color picker VR pic!
- simple site with links to great docs, price list, lease calculator in (BGN)
- Gallery has a couple different pics of the Stinger
- As a Colors, tires, wheels page - they get Yellow and it looks like some different rim choices than the US.
- Incredible 360 photo of a red stinger on a curved road, and it's a color picker VR pic!
Czech
- Simple but effective color picker, and they also get Lake Stone, Sunset Yellow, Deep Chroma Blue and Panthera Metal
- There's a great picture with the B pillar removed that shows the interior
- They list SLIF - Traffic Marker Assistant in the features section
- hahaha, there main page lists the "Stinger Bells" and when you hover over it, it plays jingle bells.
- Another nice color picker, with more color options than the US. I do like the darker colors.
Hungary
- they're 360 degree view, color picker lists 3 models: Stinger GT, Stinger GT Line and Stinger, plus the full color package.
- Wheel choices on the GT Line look sweet!
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Nice and simple page with a configurator and color picker on main page. All colors.
- Simple landing page, the 360 didn't load for me.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- A simple Coming Soon page. Similar video to the US, but has some more details.
- Cool video of testing on frozen wasteland. YouTube link
- There's also some different angle pics of a red Stinger
Slovakia
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Colors include: Lake Blue, Yellow, Deep Chroma Blue and Panthera Metal
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Europe - Western
Austria
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Coming Soon Page with EU video
Denmark
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Simple clean page similar to other EU sites.
- Colors: Red Performance, Aluminum Gray, Black Ebony, Ceramic Gray, Yellow Racing, Cobalt Blue, Midnight Blue, Panther Gray and Pearly White
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
Iceland
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Colors: High Chroma Red, Aurora Black, Micro Blue, Deep Chroma Blue, Panthera Metal
Luxemburg
- Coming Soon - Similar to other East Europe sites.
Netherlands
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- All the colors.
- Includes a review page with links to articles
- Accessories page includes: bike carrier, Chinese food hook?
- There's a link for "Online Experience" which shows the EU video and some very nice interactive VR images and 360s.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Also has a link to a catalog with a bit more info
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Highly interactive.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Similar to other East Europe sites.
- Colors: Ceramic Gray, HiChroma Red, Midnight Black, Panthera Metal, Peal White, Sunset Yellow
Bahrain
Iran
Israel
Jordan
- Simple page with catalog/flyer.
- Very similar to the European pages.
North Iraq
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
- Very similar to the European pages
- Very similar to the European pages
Syria
UAE
- Very similar to the European pages
Pacific
American Somoa
Austrailia
- There's a note and nice pic about being "Fine Tuned for Aussie Roads"
- AHLS is listed under safety
- Totally different models: 200S, 200Si, GT-Line, 330S, 330Si and GT
- The specification page is interesting in that it uses shadows of the cars
- Totally different Accessories than the US; I wonder what a Stinger looks like with a roof rack?
French Polynesia
Guam
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
New Caledonia
New Zealand
- I like the color picker for main car, and noticed they get Deep Chroma Blue!
- Different model names again: EX Turbo, GT-Line, GT-Sport
- I like the Torque Curve diagrams on the specification page
- AHLS is listed again...
Papua New Guinea
Saipan
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Western Soma
