Factory build sheet
2021 Kia Stinger GT1
Build KNAE45LC-M · 3.3L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Hatchback
VIN positions 1 through 8 read KNAE45LC and position 10 reads M. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Stinger whose VIN starts KNAE45LC and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 643 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 643 known VINs
- 12 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Kia with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3.3 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- TGDI Lambda II
- Engine manufacturer
- KMC
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Horsepower
- 365 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 5
- Manufacturer
- KIA CORPORATION
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$28,554 median asking price · 17 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 17 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Kia used the VIN pattern KNAE45LC for 5 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | KNA | KIA CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | E45LC | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | M | Model year — 2021 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2021 Kia Stinger as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★★ 5 / 5
5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2021 Stinger. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
643 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to KNAE45LC-M shares the specification above.
- 643 Known VINs
- 12 Listed for sale now
- 17 Priced listings
- $28,554 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Stinger, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2021 GT2 3.3L 6-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 811 vehicles · $31,998 median
- 2022 GT-Line 2.5L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 4,599 vehicles · $25,945 median
- 2022 GT1 3.3L 6-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 2,515 vehicles · $28,997 median
- 2023 GT-Line 2.5L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 3,026 vehicles · $30,798 median
- 2018 Premium 2L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 2,469 vehicles · $17,298 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 17 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 643 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.