I've never heard of this before either, but I test drove a coworkers Tiburon from '99, and they definitely need something!

The Tiburon is one of those weird cars that aren't really "ricers" but are just weird, like the Mercury Cougar and the last gen Celica. Way too many weird shapes for their own sake.

Didn't Kia have an arrangement with Lotus to manufacture the Elan from the late 80's, early 90's with a different name? They only sold them in Asia, I think.