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Jammed Throttle Sends Iowa Woman on Scary 120 MPH Highway Blast
Jammed Throttle Sends Iowa Woman on Scary 120 MPH Highway Blast

27 Aug 2012, 15:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We have heard stories like this one before (involving a Renault Vel Satis, a few years back), but actually having such an event caught on camera and then commentated was really interesting. So, Laur...

 
Kia Confirms Euro-Style Hot-Hatchback - May Be Based on New Cee’d
Kia Confirms Euro-Style Hot-Hatchback - May Be Based on New Cee’d

26 Aug 2012, 12:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia (and Hyundai’s) ascent has been, to our eyes at least, one of the most impressive feats the industry has witnessed in modern times, reaching a level at which they now challenge the best, d...

 
Kia Working On Sporty and Convertible Version of the Soul
Kia Working On Sporty and Convertible Version of the Soul

24 Aug 2012, 10:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / When Kia first showed off the Track’ster concept, some people were expecting it to be some sort of preview for a sporty version of the Soul. Well it didn’t happen for the current incarna...

 
Kia Pro_Cee’d Coming in Early 2013
Kia Pro_Cee’d Coming in Early 2013

23 Aug 2012, 10:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hidden at the bottom of the press release about the new Cee’d Sportwagon, Kia has finally revealed when it’s going to start making the three-door version. Production of the new Pro_Ce...

 
Kia Cee’d Sportswagon Production Starts in Slovakia
Kia Cee’d Sportswagon Production Starts in Slovakia

23 Aug 2012, 08:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia announced that production of the brand new Cee’d Sportswagon has begun in Zilina, Slovakia. The five-door C-segment car for the whole family will start being delivered through their Europe...

 
Spyshots: 2014 Kia Soul Testing
Spyshots: 2014 Kia Soul Testing

23 Aug 2012, 08:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Is it a crossover or is it a box-shaped people’s car? We don’t know, but the Soul is probably Kia’s first truly revolutionary design. A car that propelled them out of anonymity. An...

 
Kia Working on Mercedes CLS Rival
Kia Working on Mercedes CLS Rival

20 Aug 2012, 07:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Korean automakers have made huge strides in terms of design and luxury. It used to be the case that Hyundais and Kia were budget cars for people who didn’t care what they were driving, but the...

 
Euro-Spec 2013 Kia Sorento Engines Detailed
Euro-Spec 2013 Kia Sorento Engines Detailed

17 Aug 2012, 15:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ahead of its debut at the Paris Motor Show in September, Kia has dropped engine details about the 2013 Sorento SUV, which has received a number of upgrades. The most important changes are under t...

 
Spyshots: 2014 Kia Soul
Spyshots: 2014 Kia Soul

14 Aug 2012, 09:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Say what you will about the boxy shape, but in North America, Kia has seen some reasonable success with the Soul. But despite numerous special editions and cosmetics tweaks, the model launched in 20...

 
2014 Kia Forte Koup Is Beautiful
2014 Kia Forte Koup Is Beautiful

3 Aug 2012, 14:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With a starting price of just $17,400 in the US, there’s only one reason we don’t like the current Forte Koup, and that’s called the Hyundai Elantra Coupe, which uses a newer platf...

 
Kia to Launch New ‘Hamster-Centric’ Ad Campaign for the Soul
Kia to Launch New ‘Hamster-Centric’ Ad Campaign for the Soul

2 Aug 2012, 13:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia will soon be launching its wave of hamster-infused ads, to promote the Kia Soul, a car which is apparently far more popular around the world than we first thought. The first ad campaign with ham...

 
Kia Replacing ‘Soul’ Next Year
Kia Replacing ‘Soul’ Next Year

31 Jul 2012, 07:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia’s Soul could have been big - really big. It was a compact crossover, exactly what most mature markets are now looking for, with great styling and a wide array of customization options. Sad...

 
Kia Releases First Official Photos of K3
Kia Releases First Official Photos of K3

30 Jul 2012, 06:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia have just released a few official studio shots of the new K3 - still no interior shots, though. These high quality photos really accentuate the car’s rather striking lines, details and cre...

 
iPhone 5 Car Connection: Incompatibility Possible
iPhone 5 Car Connection: Incompatibility Possible

27 Jul 2012, 09:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Convincing automakers to create a standard for anything is one of the most difficult things in the industry,but some efforts have been made, especially for areas like is plug-in electric vehicles an...

 
Kia K3 / Forte / Cerato Scooped
Kia K3 / Forte / Cerato Scooped

26 Jul 2012, 15:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia released the first sketches of the new domestic market compact sedan at the beginning of the week, and the internet has not stopped buzzing since then. It’s going to be known as the K3 sed...

 
Kia Shows Carens MPV Ahead of Paris Debut
Kia Shows Carens MPV Ahead of Paris Debut

25 Jul 2012, 10:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has shown a couple of renderings or computer edited images of their next car. It’s called the Carens and its a sleek new MPV design that will debut at the Paris Motor Show on September 27t...

 
Kia KV7 Concept to Inspire Next Sedona
Kia KV7 Concept to Inspire Next Sedona

23 Jul 2012, 14:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has really changed its image from a relatively unknown automaker offering cheap cars to one that has premium ambitions. We would have almost forgotten they used to make ugly van-type machines li...

 
Kia Releases K3 / Cerato / Forte Rendering, Coming in 2012
Kia Releases K3 / Cerato / Forte Rendering, Coming in 2012

23 Jul 2012, 07:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has announced today that the new Cerato will arrive on the domestic Korean market by the end of the year under the name “K3”. The car is already a global success story for the automa...

 
Kia's Slovakian Plant Achieves Production Record
Kia's Slovakian Plant Achieves Production Record

11 Jul 2012, 11:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia (and Hyundai) are now on their way to start rivaling premium cars, after one of the most visible increases in quality and engineering ever seen in the industry. The ascent from bargain-basement ...

 
Kia Optima SX Limited Arrives in Dealerships
Kia Optima SX Limited Arrives in Dealerships

3 Jul 2012, 11:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has gone one over the normal top-spec version of the Optima midsize sedan by adding the SX Limited model, which is now arriving at dealerships for under $35,000. The model went into production e...