Kia nieuws

By Cecilia GustafssonPress & Communications ManagerKia Motors Sweden***Lars Wallin, Swedish fashion designer, has kindly concentrated his efforts on designing a Kia Soul which was auctioned off for the Red Cross Gala on May 31 on TV4.* May 31st is Mother

*Kia cee’d is expected to receive mid-cycle facelift for the 2010 model year. The*mid-life makeover*will not only affect the five-door hatchback, which has been just recently spotted*at an unknown location*in Europe,*but also both of it’s sibling models, the cee’d sporty wagon and three-door pro_cee’d.The mid-cycle*upgrades*are expected to*be minimal but they will include exterior and interior*changes [...] Lees meer...

Is Kia going to build this? That was probably*the most frequently*asked question*at*Kia’s stand*during the official public*days of 2009*Detroit Auto Show. That’s when Kia unveiled a briliant-astic Soul based concept car*called Soul’ster. “It

*Kia Motors 2009 Sustainability Magazine “MOVE” released, features an exclusive interview with Kia’s Chief Design Officer, Peter Schreyer!Kia Motors Corporation has*been publishing*sustainability report once a year since 2003. The annual report with a purpose to inform it’s shareholders of* companiy’s proggress*on sustainable and demonstrate Kia Motors’ ongoing commitment to practicing and advancing sustanbility managment.The 2009 [...] Lees meer...

By Kye-hwan Roh Assistant Manager Sustainability Management Team * * * * What

According to*a member of our Kia Forum, his Kia dealer already received the first 2010 Kia Forte compact sedan. The replacement for Spectra sedan has had it’s*US premiere at*Chicago auto show earlier this year and has been expected to hit the dealers across the USA in late spring or early summer.This particular Forte model is*painted [...] Lees meer...

Kia Soul scores maximum 5 star safety rating at Euro NCAP crash tests!* The popular Kia Soul crossover has been awarded with the highest possible 5-star safety rating*in the latest European New Car Assessment Programme - Euro NCAP crash tests reported Kia today.*Despite*it’s compact size, the Soul achieved an overall weighted score of 79 percent, more [...] Lees meer...

*We don’t speak much about the*Kia Amanti here, do we!?*Kia’s flagship model, that is also known as Opirus at some International markets,*gets only mentioned every once in a while, but mostly*when I post the*US Kia sales results at the end of each month when we*criticize it’s low sales numbers. But today*we are gonna do an [...] Lees meer...

The all-new*Kia mini-MPV, codenamed YN,*will be officially*unveiled*at the 2009 Frnkfurt Motor Show in September.*With it’s official*release date approaching fast, it is expected to see*more*details & spy images of the Kia YN*leaking to the web each day.Our previous Kia YN spy report, issued on Friday, has revealed some new facts about the 2010 Kia YN.*The same [...] Lees meer...

*Kia*might name it’s latest mini MPV model as Kia*KV3*Kia Sedona and Rondo*minivans have been on the market*for years and both are already established*and very well known*nameplates among similar*people-movers out there.*Neither of them has been particularly successful, but*their sales results*haven’t been bad either, especially in the US market where Sedona’s sales has been on increase lately, [...] Lees meer...

There’s a great head-to-head comparison test between the*2010 Kia Soul and 2010 Nissan Cube on the Youtube.*Both of the*“cubes” have just recently entered the US market and although I’m not sure how Cube has sold in it’s first full sales month, I know that Soul did a tremendous job. Selling above three thousand units in [...] Lees meer...

One week is over and and here we have the winner of the “Kia Soul” MP3 player contest.*Congrats goes out*to Dejan Krsmanovic for winning the brand-new MP3 player.There were 68 people who entered the contest, which*really is a*nice number and if I’m honest*a bit*higher*than I expected! To enter the contest you had to write down [...] Lees meer...

I would like to remind everyone that today is*the last day to enter the MP3 player*give-away contest to win the 4GB MP3 player.*The MP3 player I’m giving away is a*very exclusive one*as it features Kia Soul paintings at each side of it. It was created specially for the purpose of Kia Soul promotion and not [...] Lees meer...

A week ago we*interviewed our fellow friend Cynthia,*a member of Kiasoulforums dot com,*who*presented*her Soul ownership experiences so far*and revealed to us*some*thoughts on her*Lava Kia Soul. She has been crowned as a*May 2009*Soul Of The Month winner, our second round of monthly competition.With some delay, we are now bringing you the honorable*interview with Todd, the Soul [...] Lees meer...

Kia fans and car enthusiasts in more than 40 countries around the world will soon have the opportunity to feel the Kia experience with the launch of a global road show designed to showcase the improved quality, value and excitement of Kia

By Park, Jeong-hun, Senior Research EngineerCar Body Design 3 Team **If you

*Another day and here we have another news*report related to the striking Kia Forte Koup. Among all Kia vehicles, the upcoming Forte Koup has been*the most commonly seen car at the blog*over the past two weeks with*fresh new*images*hitting the web*almost on daily basis.*During this past weekend you could have seen some cool pics showcasing*the hot-looking [...] Lees meer...

Here are the latest “spy shots” of the HOT looking Kia Forte Koup. The model has been spotted in*a garage*of one of the*tuning shops.*Registration plate attached at rear bumper*indicates that this*must be*the US-spec Forte Koup model. So far, we have seen many shots of the new Kia Forte Koup and every time I see the car [...] Lees meer...

Cynthia Mitchel comes from Canada and has bought herself a brand-new*Kia Soul crossover*about six weeks ago. A while ago, she has joined*our fast growing*Kia Soul*community*and*soon aferwards she has been nominated to enter the Soul of the month competition.Soul of the month*competition is run*at Kia Soul Forum*during the last week of each month when forum members*vote [...] Lees meer...

Kia Motors announced it has sold 128.272 new vehicles in April 2009 with sales surging in China, South Korea and*eight European countries. In the first four months of the fiscal year, Kia Motors sold 399.200 cars*globally,*slightly*down from*a year ago.Despite a slight*sales decrease in the first four months, Kia Motors’ spokesman recently revealed*the company*is confident it [...] Lees meer...

By Pamela Mu

I’m pleased to announce a series of KIA-WORLD blog give-away contests that will be run over the next few weeks!*It was*a while ago when*I sent an e-mail to people at Kia Motors Europe (KME)*and asked them if they would be interested to support some of the contests I had been*planning to do. Thanks to the positive [...] Lees meer...

Sales of the 2010 Kia Forte to commence in South Korean market*within a monthSeveral different Korean car magazines reported*yesterday that*Kia Motors*will put the 2010 Forte Koup on sale in June 11th. As far as we know the afore-mentioned release date relates only to Korean market where the Koup will*be on sale first.*It is still not [...] Lees meer...

UK: Kia Soul Burner Edition video review*It’s widely known that Soul crossover has so far been a great success for Kia. If*you take a*look at*Soul’s initial global sales numbers you can find out that those are*very encouraging and on increase month by month.*Kia*thought it would sell about 40.500 Souls in the US and Canadian markets*in*the [...] Lees meer...

*2010 Kia Forte Koup review*Kia has always sold based on value-for-money, which, if boiled down turns out to be PRICE. I’ve been a motor head all my life and have always been Eurocentric. Honda sort of captured my imagination for a while, when they were still building the NSX, Integra Type R, EF8 CRX SiR [...] Lees meer...