Kia is joining European automakers that are going green at this year’s IAA Frankfurt Motor Show beeing held from September 11th. Several automakers such as Audi, Opel and Mercedes are going to show eco-friendly cars to the public and so will Kia! 

Based on five-door hatchback, the new model will be named Eco_Cee’d. This will be the fourth model to join the family of five-door Cee’d, Cee’d SW and sporty three-door Pro_cee’d.

Right now there are not many known details, but we found out that Eco_Cee’d will not be a hybrid car. It will probably be a standard production model with lighter body parts and added green technology gadgets, such as STOP&GO system. Stop&go system shuts down car’s engine automatically when stoped. Such a system can improve fuel consumption and lower CO2 output by up to 10%. It was first introduced in a Kia’s minicar Picanto last year, but never used on the road.

Although it is not exactly known when, Eco_cee’d is coming to production! And this is the most important news.