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Kia’s rear-wheel-drive Stinger was undoubtedly the surprise hit of this year’s Detroit Auto Show. With great design and a Nurburgring-tuned chassis, it finally looks like Kia has made a car with the sort of people that read Road & Track in mind. Even legendary auto executive Bob Lutz is into it.

The Stinger has the BMW 4-Series in its sights, but it wants to offer similar goodness at a much lower price. Kia is at least a few months away from announcing definitive pricing, but the automaker’s American product planning VP Orth Hedrick told Road & Track the Stinger will undercut its competition by a significant margin.