Articles tagged with: Kia Motors
Hot-selling Sorento is now made in Georgia.
The Kia Sorento is a compact crossover sport utility vehicle produced by Kia Motors, a South Korean car manufacturer. The first generation model was produced from 2003 to 2009 …
Kia’s minivan is anything but small.
Minivan Segment
The term “minivan” fails to accurately describe a segment of vehicles that is far different from the one that was introduced in 1983 when Chrysler’s minivans stormed on …
Compact crossover are offered by nearly every major car manufacturer, sport utility vehicles priced from around $20,000, seating five, and offered in front- or all-wheel-drive. The Kia Sportage is the oldest CUV from this Korean …
Last hurrah for first generation Kia Soul.
Soul Update Planned
Look quickly, because the Kia Soul is going away. No, the model that was introduced at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show isn’t being retired, but it …
Korean automaker responds to surging customer demand.
WEST POINT, GA. — Kia Motors has one assembly plant in North America and that factory has to handle increasingly larger production demand as consumers want more. With an …
2011 Kia Optima Hybrid
Kia Motors America announced on Tuesday that its all-new for 2011 Optima Hybrid will retail from $26,500 when it goes on sale in early June. This sedan, rated at 35 mpg city …
Of the Korean cousins, Hyundai and Kia, the latter usually offers the cheapest priced car in comparable segments, but in the case of subcompact models the Hyundai Accent is some $2,300 less than the Kia …
That Kia Motors is competitive in many automotive segments is a given. That the automaker has a strong entry in the compact car segment dominated by the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic may not be …
Thankfully, there are some important differences in the way some Asians handle dishonor. In times past, Japanese leaders committed a ritual disembowelment to atone for a mistake. In recent years some have committed suicide, but …
Kia is the second best selling South Korean automaker and is part of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group. Hyundai owns 38 percent of Kia, but for the most part the two operations are marketed separately.
Georgia Plant
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Talk about poor timing: Kia Motors introduced its premium Borrego sport/utility vehicle in August 2008 about the same time gas prices peeked and just before automotive sales dropped following the stock market collapse that fall. …
