Kia Pro Cee'd at Istanbul Auto Show with Irina Shayk

The heavenly proportioned Russian model, who obtained worldwide recognition among men of all ages for her 2007 through 2012 appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, was summoned by the Korean carmaker to promote the company's new compact hatchback at this week's 2012 Istanbul Auto Show.

It was a nifty move on the behalf of Kia's local division to draw some extra attention to the car, since the three.door version of the Cee'dhad already made its world premiere at the recent Paris Motor Show.

We're not going to fool ourselves into thinking that you would prefer to read all the details about the Turkish market specification of the Pro_Cee'd, so we will just stop here and let you enjoy Irina in the photo gallery.

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2014 Kia K3 Cerato Forte

The first thing you need to know about the K3 is that it is a global model with the alphanumeric moniker used only in Korea where it goes on sale this fall.

In the first quarter of 2013, the sedan will begin arriving in North American dealerships as the 2014 Forte and in other markets as the new Cerato, with coupe and hatchback variants to follow in due time. We still do not know if Kia has plans to sell the compact saloon model in Europe.

"Longer, lower and wider than the current car, with an extended wheelbase, the next generation Forte / Cerato will be manufactured with an all-new bodyshell structure," Kia said in a short statement leaving many details up to our imagination.

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