Kia Launch 181 hp Sportage KX-4 in the UK
2 Jul 2012, 11:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Kia Sportage, a name which reminds us of a dull compact SUV from the 1990s, and one which in our opinion should have been changed, now sits on the back of Kia’s latest and most advanced co...
2013 Kia Sorento Facelift First Video Released
25 Jun 2012, 08:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Korean automaker Kia has released the first official video of the new Sorento for the 2013 model year. The SUV has received new styling, a revised drivetrain and also comes with an improved interior...
2013 Kia Sorento Facelift: First Photos and Details
18 Jun 2012, 09:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has released the first three photos and some official info about the new Sorento, which gets chassis and styling improvements for its mid-life facelift. The facelifted and upgraded SUV will g...
New Kia pro_cee’d Sketch Released
14 Jun 2012, 17:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2012 Kia cee’d family, which currently comprises the five-door hatch and a wagon model, will be extended with the arrival of this, the pro_cee’d, the Korean answer to the Astra GTC i...
Spyshots: 2014 Kia Sorento Facelift
14 Jun 2012, 08:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2014 Kia Sorento facelift was once again spotted by our spy photographers as it was undergoing both high speed testing on the Nurburgring and regular road trials in Germany. The full-size SUV is...
New Kia Cee'd Making UK Motor Show Debut
7 Jun 2012, 15:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At the 2012 edition of the Motorexpo, the brand new Kia cee’d hatchback will be available for test drives, the Korean automaker has announced. The show will get underway on June 11th. The c...
Chinese Automaker Dongfeng Makes Blatant Copy of Cadillac SRX
28 May 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Why is it that whenever a Chinese manufacturer decides that they want to copy a car, they always seem to pick the wrong one? Like that copy of the Matiz which frankly is pointless, though there&rsqu...
Lexus and Infiniti Beware - Kia to Become Premium by 2017
24 May 2012, 14:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Who would have thought, but 5 years ago, that Kia would be where they are today. Their cars used to be bought by cash-strapped buyers who just needed basic (usually low quality) transportation from ...
Spyshots: Kia Carens / Rondo MPV Crossover
23 May 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Automakers are constantly finding new ways of blending architectures and styles to create cars that are more suited to customer’s tastes. It’s called clever marketing and among these cre...
Kia and Hyundai Could Challenge Market Leaders in China
22 May 2012, 11:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If predictions hold up, Hyundai and Kia will sell 1.3-million vehicles in China, which is more than Toyota, Nissan or Honda. The two Korean brands have undergone a revival in recent years, matching ...
Spyshots: Kia Sorento Facelift
22 May 2012, 09:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia engineers have taken advantage of the good weather in Germany right, and found a window to test the Kia Sorento on the famous high-speed Nurburgring test track there. This is a significant mi...
New Kia Cee’d UK Pricing Announced
21 May 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first Kia Cee’d was a bland but competent Golf and Focus rival and with this new version, Kia have considerably stepped up their game, both in terms design and in terms of interior quality...
Kia K9 Spotten in California. US Launch Pending?
19 May 2012, 22:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When Korean automaker Kia unveiled their new flagship sedan, the K9, the only revealed plans to bring it to the domestic market. Of course, no matter how larger the Korean market it, too much mon...
Kia Considering Diesel Optima for US
16 May 2012, 09:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Diesel vehicle are (extremely) slowly, but steadily, gathering more market share in the US, with oil burners expected to account for 10 percent of new car sales by 2015, and thus more and more autom...
New Kia Carens / Rondo MPV On Sale in Europe in 2013
8 May 2012, 15:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has strong hopes for success in the European market, despite the worst market conditions in 14 years. At the forefront of this Korean offensive is a new design language and a number of new produ...
Drag Race: US Army H Humvee vs Korean Army Kia KM131
7 May 2012, 10:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Yes, apparently Army personnel do have fun with their (usually) very expensive and high-tech vehicles, in this case a Humvee and a not-so-high-tech South Korean Army’s Kia KM131. The two ve...
Kia K9 Saloon Goes on Sale in Korea
2 May 2012, 11:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / South Korea’s second largest automaker has just announced that the new Kia K9 luxury saloon has gone on sale in its domestic market. The RWD executive cruiser will also be exported to Europe ...
Hyundai and Kia Report First Quarter Global Results
1 May 2012, 08:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai Motors has seen its global business increase 16.7 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago. The Koreans have also broken a landmark level, as for the first...
Kia Grand VQ-R Unveiled in Beijing
25 Apr 2012, 08:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia has officially announced that they will be producing a long wheelbase version of their Carnival, which will only be sold in China starting this September. It is a good thing that it’s only...
Kia Sales Up 13.4% in March
10 Apr 2012, 09:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia Motors has delivered a total of 245,238 vehicles globally in March, for a total increase of 13.4 percent from a year ago. Demand in the US was almost 30 percent higher, but Europe and China were...