Part-solved: NEH 5593: KIV-21 (Kia Innovative Vehicle for the C21) designed by ?

[oko94]

KIV-21 (I for Innovative) ?

[fromwien]

KMV-21,.. 'M' for 'multi'...

[Carnut]

KIV-21 (I for Innovative) ?

Yes, exactly!
Just need to know who was responsible for it now...

[oko94]

Unfortunately there's nothing online about this concept so I'm afraid I'll have to give up.

Or can the designer be found online even if his car can't ?

[Carnut]

I don't think he can, no; I haven't been able to find anything out about his career at Kia, if he had one.
So I've given you a point and I think we'll call it solved.
I'll leave it where it is for the moment in case someone finds they have the same book I have (and it's quite likely some AutoPuzzlers have since it was a popular series of soft or hard-backed books) but if no-one does then I'll move it to solved eventually.

[oko94]

Thanks !

[Carnut]

Black Hole time?

[hermanoto]

Peter Schreyer?

[Carnut]

Peter Schreyer?

No - see below:

Was the RCA student from South Korea?

Yes, he was.

[sixtee5cuda]

What is "C21"?

Is RCA the Royal College of Art?

[Carnut]

C21 is the 21st Century.
Yes, RCA = the Royal College of Art.

[pnegyesi]

do you know when this competition was in 1986
or do you know the date of the 1987 publication you found the info in?

[Carnut]

The competition was the RCA Degree Show of 1986 and the publication was the 'Winter 1987' one, which was published in January 1987.