Kia nieuws

The Kia Optima is heading into its fourth generation, and now comes complete with a whole new look, as well as a new 4-cylinder turbo engine mated to the 7-speed DCT transmission. Everyone easily sees what is going on with … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

Kia is celebrating the spirit of adventure for the 2015 SEMA Show and has fully revealed one of its projects. Having already teased an off-road themed Sorento SUV, it appears that the Korean automaker is embracing the wilderness for this year’s SEMA Show. In total, Kia will bring six highly customized, hand-built concepts to Las Vegas, each of which will showcase unique geographic regions found throughout the country. Although we didn’t get a complete look at the Sorento, Kia did fully reveal the Forte Koup Mud Bogger, and it’s quite possibly the strangest thing we’ve ever seen, even for SEMA standards. SEE ALSO: Kia Sorento Goes Off-Road for 2015 SEMA Show The Forte…

Kia Motors America has revealed it plans to put on display six custom-built vehicles at the forth-coming 2015 SEMA. Among others, the automaker will display a wild Sorento crossover concept, called the PacWest Adventure Sorento, as well as an extreme-looking … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

Kia has just announced their plans to officially unveil the PacWest Adventure Sorento at this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas. Almost all of the major automakers have something to show off at SEMA, and it turns out Kia didn’t … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

The Kia Sorento is getting transformed to celebrate the American Road, just in time for the 2015 SEMA Show. Called the PacWest Adventure Sorento, Kia is giving its SUV an off-road look for Las Vegas this year. Although the Korean automaker didn’t disclose many details about the project, it did release a teaser image showing a new fabricated front bumper with all the goodies you would typically spy on an off-road vehicle including LED light bars, snorkel intake and tubular front bumper sporting plenty of sheetmetal. Of course, there will be off-road wheels and tires while the Sorento will surely be lifted for better ground clearance. SEE ALSO: 2016 Kia Sorento Review …

Gone are the days when headlights were simple round fixtures on cars. With advancements in lighting technology, headlights have since become a prominent feature of automotive design. Let’s take a look at the development of car lamps and how they have come to be more than just lighting mechanisms. Often referred to as the ‘eyes’ of a car’s symmetrical face, car lamps are first and foremost a safety device created to provide visibility for drivers and to signal and communicate with other motorists. To serve this purpose, car lamps are regulated under strict standards to ensure full and proper functionality when driving. Kia Sportage light placements emphasize…

“Ask anyone familiar with the current Kia Optima, “What do you think of Kia’s midsize sedan?” and you’ll hear phrases like ”great styling” or “looks like a luxury car” or “lots of value for the money.” Not a bad set of impressions, and proof Kia nailed the last Optima redesign in terms of exterior styling and feature content.” Click to Read More Lees hele artikel

The 2016 Optima is already on its way to Kia showrooms all across the US, which is good news for the brand, as it allows them to focus all their attention on hybrid models of the sedan. The 2017 Kia … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

This year, Kia Motors in collaboration with Hyundai Motors, held the 6th annual R&D IDEA Festival. In adherence to Kia’s corporate philosophy, this year’s theme was ‘Journey Together to a Better Future.’ Read on to explore the wonderfully eccentric entries that reflect the brilliant imagination of our engineers! The 10 finalists chosen from the March preliminaries showed off their inventions at the festival held at the Namyang R&D center. Despite being given only five months to develop, refine and perfect their ideas using a fixed budget and only allowed to spend time on their projects outside of working hours, the entries did not disappoint. Prize wi…

Kia Soul in purple color – is it on sale? We regularly have visitors to the website contact us looking for help in buying a new Kia car. We were contacted recently by a woman looking to purchase a brand-new 2016 … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

“As we report in our full review of the 2016 Optima, Kia has made its mid-size sedan better in every way. It’s better-driving, more refined, and fuller-featureed, all while keeping its status, at least in its more affordable trims, as one of the best value-for-money picks on the market—but maybe not quite the radically different head-turner its predecessor was.” Click to Read More Lees hele artikel

In celebration of the enhanced Kia Picanto, Kia Motors has launched a digital campaign to further entice and intrigue fans worldwide. The campaign, composed of five short micro films, captures the essence of the city car’s bold and vibrant personality. Check out the campaign videos and take a behind-the-scenes look into the campaign’s creative process! One of the campaign’s creative concept sketches The campaign essentially sought to highlight the Picanto’s improved premium features. Each of the five short films focuses on a noteworthy aspect of the enhanced Picanto, showcasing the car’s charm and appeal. A screenshot from the campaign video Staying true…

With the release of the fourth generation Optima in April, Kia has continued to revolutionize and advance its line up of luxurious midsize sedans. The new Optima’s prowess embodies the growth and progress of Kia Motors as an influential and innovative automobile manufacturer. Today, let’s take a look at the inspiration and groundwork that have shaped the evolution of Kia’s midsize sedan into the dynamic and powerful fourth generation Optima. Kia Concord (1987) The origin of Kia’s midsize sedan dates back to the Concord in 1987. Even then, the Concord boasted the kind of power that rivaled larger sedans, paving the way for Kia in the midsize sedan market. Than…

The 2011-2013 Kia Sorento is being recalled for a transmission glitch. According to the recall notice, the affected Kia Sorento crossovers can unexpectedly roll while parked if the gearshift lever is pressed with too much force, resulting in a chip or crack to the break-shift interlock. As a result, that could cause the transmission to unintentionally shift out of park, even if the brakes are not pressed. The Korean automaker said three injuries, 54 warranty claims and 14 customer complaints have been related to the recall. SEE ALSO: 2016 Kia Sorento Limited V6 Review The company’s regulatory team began investigating the issue in August following a copy of a letter f…

Kia Motors America has officially announced pricing for their 2016 Optima. This is a vehicle that has been a major success story for the Koreans, so it’s no real surprise that many people have been waiting with baited breath for … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

“Kia might live under the corporate shadow of parent company Hyundai, but don’t confuse the Kia Optima for a rebadged Hyundai Sonata. That hasn’t been the case for years, and the new 2016 Optima is more of its own car than ever before.” Click to read more Lees hele artikel

After recently hitting the two millionth vehicle production milestone, Kia’s manufacturing plant located in Zilina, Slovakia continues to be instrumental in Kia’s growth and success in Europe. Today we present a glimpse of our state-of-the-art European facility. The main models being produced at the Zilina plant include the Kia cee’d line-up, Sportage (the brand’s best-selling vehicle in Europe), and Venga. Since opening in 2006, the Zilina plant has also assumed the role as the European production base for Kia’s gasoline and diesel engines. (Top left: cee’d, top right: cee’d GT, bottom left: Venga, bottom right: Sportage) There are 3,800 highly skilled…

If you do a little research into the success that the Kia brand has seen in recent years, you could probably track the turning point back to 2009, which was when the Soul was first introduced to the buying public. … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

“When it comes to the 2016 Kia Sorento SXL sport-utility I recently tested, cheap was the last thing that came to my mind. Part of the reason is because this Kia is many things, but cheap it ain’t. Almost fully-loaded, equipped with the optional 290-horsepower 3.3-liter V-6 and all-wheel-drive, this Sorento had a price firmly fixed in the mid-$40K range. This alone might cause some readers to head for the hills, or abandon all hope of taking the new Sorento for a meaningful test drive. It shouldn’t, and here’s why.” Click to Read More Lees hele artikel

We once again head north of the border, this time to Toronto, Ontario, for the latest in our Kia owners interview series. We spoke to Nick, an Acoustic Engineer and big fan of both LEGO and electric vehicles. He already … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

The new versions of the Sportage an Optima are done and on the road (in South Korea), which means that Kia will now be turning their attention to a compact crossover codenamed DE. The spy video shown below reveals that … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

The official launch of the all electric Kia Soul EV in California last year was a big success, and that was soon followed by similar launches in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Hawaii, and Washington. 2016 Kia Soul available in 4 more … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel

The Kia Sportage is back with an all-new model, five years after the launch of the previous generation vehicle. First unveiled at this year’s Frankfurt International Motor Show, the all-new Sportage instantly caught the attention of many car lovers with its powerful look and improved features. The development project of the 4th generation Sportage was initiated back in April 2012, with involvement of global Kia design teams in the US, Germany and Korea. Check out the interesting behind-the-scenes stories of the all-new Sportage design, shared by actual Kia exterior and interior designers. Revolutionary Exterior Design “Designing the all-new Sportage was a gre…

We are proud to announce that Kia stands proudly at number 74 on the international brand consultancy Interbrand’s 2015 list of 100 Best Global Brands. Kia has demonstrated strong performance as a global brand, making Interbrand’s exclusive list for Best Global Brand for the fourth consecutive year. Despite the unfavorable economic environment of the past year, Kia has sustained a brand value increase of 5%, growing to an estimated value of 5.7 billion USD. This value is an outstanding 530% growth since 2007. Interbrand attributes this remarkable growth to Kia’s dedication towards “excellent design, high quality and innovative brand management in the global ma…

Kia of USA has just released their September 2015 sales figures and there’s a lot to talk about! They have recorded their best Septemeber-sales ever with figures increasing 22 percent over the same month a year ago – the brand … Continue reading → Lees het hele artikel