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Production ready 2010 Kia YN spied in Spain, this time with slightly less camouflage!The long-awaited mini-MPV from Kia, codenamed YN,* is due for release at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show next month. Until now, the YN has always been spotted in deep camo, which prevented us to see the styling of its front and rear [...] Lees meer...

Kia has released some information and details about the 2010 Kia Sorento in advance of the vehicle’s official debut. The Korean carmaker confirmed that the all-new Sorento crossover will make its official European premiere at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show in September, where it will be put on display alongside facelifted cee’d hatchback and production [...] Lees meer...

Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group replaces Ford as the fourth largest car manufacturer in the world! According to the latest report from Automotive News Data Centre, Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group has became the fourth largest automaker in the world! Based on new-vehicle sales figures from the first half of the 2009, Hyundai and Kia together sold more cars [...] Lees meer...

Kia Motors announced yesterday that it has more than quadrupled quarterly profit to the highest since 2003 as higher domestic and Chinese sales allowed it to avoid the worst of a global auto market meltdown.Kia’s net income jumped to $278 million in the three months ended June from 86 billion won a year earlier thanks [...] Lees meer...

By Park Byeong-junKia Design CenterThe first two-door coupe from Kia Motors, Forte (Cerato) Koup is distinct from the Forte (Cerato) sedan in many aspects, from design to color. The main concept behind color development was to come up with a

By Pamela A. MunozOverseas Communication TeamWe thought you

Kia is set to launch a special edition of existing Sorento in Germany, where the company has teamed up with tuning company called Irmscher, a specialist for Opel cars tuning. The model will be available exclusively for buyers in Germany and will be launched only a few weeks before next generation Kia Sorento makes [...] Lees meer...

By Michael ChooDeputy General Manager, Overseas Communication TeamThe design revolution at Kia Motors continues. On the heels of the successful introduction of all-new vehicles such as the Soul, Cerato (Forte) and Cerato (Forte) Koup, images of the 2010 model year Rio and Picanto

Latest sales reports from Kia show that Soul crossover continues to perform very well in the North American market and it’s sales numbers continue to climb each month. Just like the Soul, our Kia Soul Forums have been dooing great as well.Since the forum has been put on-line - in December 2008-, more than 1,600 [...] Lees meer...

By Kim Young-il, Senior researcherPackage Technology Team 1&Sohn Kyung-hoonResearcher, Body Design Team 1This is already the third posting on the new technologies featured in Forte (Cerato) Koup.Today, we

Kia Motors achieves record high sales in the States in July, while both, Kia Soul and Forte post very strong sales!Kia Motors America reported earlier today that it has achieved record high sales in July, thanks to impressive sales of both new models, the 2010 Soul crossover and Forte compact sedan. Kia’s July 2009 sales [...] Lees meer...

By Kurt KahlSenior DesignerKia America Design CenterHi everyone!My name is Kurt Kahl and I am a Senior Designer at the Kia America Design Center in Irvine, California. I was the Lead Exterior Designer of the Forte (known as

The 2011 Kia Sportage prototype made an unexpected road-appearance again. Kia’s upcoming Sportage crossover has been spotted while undergoing testing on South Korean soil and here we bring you a few good-quality shots of a heavily dressed crossover vehicle.Exterior of the redesigned Sportage remains heavily guarded, but these latest spy shots do reveal us a [...] Lees meer...

By John Shim, Assistant ManagerResearch & Development Planning TeamIn my last post, I introduced the walk-in memory system that makes for easier entry and egress of rear seat passengers; along with the sport bucket seat contoured to the body for added comfort and support.Well, the Forte Koup comes with some additional features that give it [...] Lees meer...

Thanks to a number of thoughtful and very effective promotion activities of Kia Motors’ UK press team, Kia Soul has been one hot-selling car in the UK market over the past couple of months. In spite of lower overall new car demand, Kia Motors UK managed to sell a record high number of Souls.BTW, so [...] Lees meer...

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More details on the KDM 2010 Kia Pride/Rio surface to the web. In addition to styling updates, Kia Pride/Rio also gets revised diesel and gasoline engines. Kia is soon going to put on sale a revamped Kia Pride (known as Kia Rio in other markets) in South Korea. For the 2010 model year, KDM -Korean [...] Lees meer...

By Kia Design CenterKia has unveiled the new Forte Koup (also known as

By John ShimResearch & Development Planning TeamWalk-in memory system & Bucket seatsG

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Georgia Town to become a “Kia-ville”. Kia plans to open its first-ever US production base by the end of the year.Mark sent me a tip about a very interesting article that he found on CNN website. The article is related to Kia Motors and its first US manufacturing plant, currently under construction. The editor of [...] Lees meer...

More high resolution Kia Pride/Rio images surface to the web. For the first time, you can see the revised interior. Since we brought you the very first images of the 2010 Kia Pride (known as Rio in the US) three days ago, more official images surfaced to the web and here they are. These latest [...] Lees meer...

Kia Rio receives a facelift for the 2010 model year. Styling updates bring the car a whole new front fascia design and enhancements made to the interior.*After a very long wait, we finally get the very first batch of images of the 2010 Kia Rio facelift. Called Kia Pride in South [...] Lees meer...

By John ShimResearch & Development Planning TeamEncounter with Lampre-NGC Cycling Club in KoreaSummer

The 2010 Kia cee’d finally shows its face. ***** **** **** Lees meer...