Saturday, November 14, 2009

Not the average Korean car

The Spirra - Korea's first supercar means the auto industry in Korea has reached a new era


The Korean automobile industry is currently the fifth largest in the world in terms of production volume and the sixth largest in terms of export volume. While its initial operations were merely the assembling of parts imported from Japan and the United States, Korea is today among the most advanced automobile-producing countries in the world. And now, its first supercar Spirra is finally here to spice it all up.


The Spirra is Proto's first complete car. The body of the Spirra is lean and low, but it's also smaller than most supercars. This 500-horsepower car can simply go from 0 to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds. Its creator Han-chal Kim calls it his "baby".

-- Yes, this supercar is 100% Korean and built with Korean hands, which beautifully shows that Korea has a valuable contribution to make to the world auto-making market.

Now, watch CNN's Kyung Lah's great report on the car that is also known as "the tiger":

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