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2010 US-spec Kia Forte sedanKia Motors America has released an extensive official press pack for it’s 2010 US-spec Kia Forte sedan ahead of it’s official US debut - slated for Chicago Auto Show (starting on March 11th).First of all, it has been officially announced that from now on, Kia’s compact sedan, which will replace Spectra [...] Lees meer...

Kia Soulster production considered Kia unveiled the Soulster concept car as a design study at this year’s North American International Auto Show to demonstrate the flexibility of the original design. Like many other concept cars, the Soulster was not intended to be produced but the vehicle has seen such a remarkable public response that the [...] Lees meer...

By Michael ChooInternational PR Deputy General ManagerThis year

By Seung Hwan LeeKia BUZZ EditorHello everyone.* Remember when we showed you before how the Soul

As anticipated, Kia released the first teaser image of it’s forthcoming concept car which is slated to debut at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show at the beginning of March. The YN concept car belongs to the group of sub-compact mini-MPVs, a vehicle segment that has seen spurring sales in recent years particularly in Europe.A stunning [...] Lees meer...

These are the very first spy shots of the 2010 Kia Forte/Spectra coupe!* **** **** Lees meer...

January 2009 sales report has been posted today by Kia Motors America and results are nothing but a huge surprise! While the rest of the automotive world posted high declines in the first month of the fiscal year, Kia managed to move 3,5 percent more vehicles from dealer’s showrooms than last year.Surprising or not, the [...] Lees meer...

Official Kia Soul documents for the Canadian market have just leaked to the web and they are revealing pricing, colors and accessory details for the 2010 Kia Soul. Kia Soul has made it’s official Canadian debut at Montreal Auto Show last week and is scheduled to go on sale -in Canada- in February this month.As [...] Lees meer...

Kia has officially announced that it’s all-new Soul crossover will go on sale in Canada in February 2009. Destined to appeal to a whole new group of Canadian consumers, the Soul urban crossover will challenge consumers to change the way they think about Kia.In Canadian market, the 2010 Soul will be available with either a [...] Lees meer...

It’s pretty obvious that the range of new cars that Kia Canada brought to the 2009 Montreal International Auto Show indicates the automaker has been appealing to a whole new group of Canadian car shoppers. Put on display for the first time in Canada have been the eagerly awaited 2010 Kia Soul urban crossover, Soul [...] Lees meer...

Dongfeng Yueda Kia, Kia Motors’ Chinese unit and Hyundai Motor’s Chinese subsidiary, Beijing Hyundai Motor have both posted higher than expected car sales for the first month of the 2009! In fact, both automakers have set record high monthly sales in China.Sales of Kia cars in China increased 15 percent compared to the same period [...] Lees meer...

The renowned French car magazine L’Automobile conducted a car quality survey in France and published results in their latest issue. Final results from their annual quality report might surprise some car enthusiasts around the globe, but not us, Kia fans.In the quality evaluation, Kia Cee’d edged out rivals such as Honda Civic, Toyota Auris, VW [...] Lees meer...

2010 US-spec Kia Spectra[source: Motor Trend]**** **** **** Click image to enlarge! Lees meer...

*A trio of Hyundai and Kia prototypes, including a super-luxury Hyundai Equus sedan and a pair of Kia “cee’d plus” pre-production vehicles has been captured on digital camera by the spies when running some final rounds of testings in the wild.In-line with these latest spy shots, we also have learned some exciting information and more [...] Lees meer...

By June Young Oh2009 Australian Open Ball Kids*Editor

The all-new Kia Cerato Modern and dynamic styling under the guidance of world-renowned Kia global design chief Peter Schreyer, class-leading power, class-leading 4.5 stars Green Vehicle rating, six airbags standard in every model, iPod

If you thought the sun-lovin’, soft-top Soulster has been the sole concept car from Kia Motors at this year’s North American International Auto Show, I can prove you wrong. Kind of unexpectedly, another “Kia” concept bowed in the middle of the Cobo Centre in Detroit and you can see it here.To demonstrate it’s latest car-technology [...] Lees meer...

Kia Motors announced today that it’s net profit nearly doubled in the final, fourth quarter of the 2008 as sales of it’s popular new cars rose.Kia Motors, which with it’s parent Hyundai Motor Company forms the world’s fifth-largest automotive group, reported net profit of 74.8 billion won ($54.7 million) in the October-December period, reversing a [...] Lees meer...

By Chil-Young KwonProduction Management TeamKia Motors CorporationGreetings to all Kia Buzz readers and I wish you all the best for the New Year. Until I started working at Kia Motors, I thought many things were a simple process. For example, let

By Ki Myo KimOverseas Promotion TeamKia Motors Corporation*The Australian Open kicked off on January 19 (Monday). While most of us associate January with cold weather, it is now summer in Melbourne, with the long-awaited Grand Slam tournament adding to the heat.*Matches will be played in five categories: men

The 2010 mini-MPV from Kia Motors, has shown up again, this time in the snow. A prototype vehicle, heavily disguised with black camo covers, has been spotted in Northern Scandinavia during some cold weather durability testing.The upcoming “cee’d plus” will go on sale across the Europe late this year, as a 2010 model, and to [...] Lees meer...

By Mike Torpey & Brian WhiteSenior DesignerKia Design Center AmericaHello and Happy New Year, Kia-Buzz’ers!*Mike Torpey and Brian White from Kia Design Center America here with you, giving you an exclusive “inside scoop” on the design process behind the exciting Kia Soul’ster concept revealed at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January. Just for Kia [...] Lees meer...

The Geneva International Auto Show will offer us the world premiere of one of the most anticipated Kia vehicles: the 2010 Kia Sorento. With Geneva Auto Show less than two months away, the future Sorento, codenamed XM, is undergoing through some final testing rounds on the roads of South Korea.What we learned so far about [...] Lees meer...

The new Kia Soul, on sale in the UK at the beginning of March 2009, is the first Kia to have been developed specifically with UK roads and drivers in mind.Detailed work to create a bespoke ride and handling package was completed by Lotus, the renowned automotive consultancy, based in Norfolk, East [...] Lees meer...

One of the show stoppers at this year’s, still ongoing, Detroit auto show was most definitely the Soulster concept car from Kia Motors. The Soulster is a small-footprint, front-wheel drive truck, derived from Kia’s new 2010 Soul crossover.With it’s simple, yet attractive exterior design, the Soulster reminds us of Suzuki Samurai equipped with sof-top, but [...] Lees meer...