Kia has released first pictures of the new pro_cee’d three-door hatchback, that will make its pubic debut at the Paris Motor Show on 27 September. UK sales are scheduled to start in spring 2013.

New Pro_cee’d is expected to use a range of 1.4-litre and 1.6-litre petrol and diesel engines.

A hot GT model is also very likely coming with a turbocharged 1.6-litre T-GDI engine producing around 200bhp.

“This car embodies emotion and energy through and through,” explains Peter Schreyer, Kia’s Chief Design Officer. “You know from a single glance that this is a car you want to drive, not just own. Kia is on a distinctive design adventure and the all new pro-cee’d spearheads this forward looking journey.”