Articles tagged with: Kia Sorento
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 …
Jeep Liberty airbag safety issue.
Tooling down the highway in your Jeep Liberty and with no cars in sight, the front seat airbags suddenly deploy, forcing you to slam on the brakes. You lose hand control …
Auto industry receives a pleasant 8 percent sales bump.
Chrysler, General Motors and Ford enjoyed double-digit sales increases in August 2011, rising 28, 18 and 11 percent, respectively. The three traditional U.S. automakers were behind a …
Competitive Kia Sorento
The Kia Sorento is the best-selling Kia model in the United States, a five or seven passenger crossover model built at the Korean automaker’s sole U.S. plant in West Point, Ga. Its top …
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 …
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. is the first manufacturing plant for Kia Motors Corporation, a Korean automaker and cousin to Hyundai Motors. Based in rural West Point near I-85 and astride the Alabama border, this …
The two largest Korean automakers continue to make their collective presence known in the United States. Hyundai and Kia both recorded their best year for U.S. sales in 2010 with Hyundai selling 538,228 vehicles (up …
It wasn’t too many years ago when I described at least one Kia model as being a throw away car, raising the ire of a handful of readers who felt that I had insulted them …
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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Kia Motors is waging a friendly battle with its former rival and current business partner, Hyundai Motors. Both Korean automakers have been defying industry trends and are selling more cars and gaining market share at …
When it comes to automotive brands, Kia doesn’t garner the same level of respect as Toyota, Ford, or even Hyundai, its sister company. Kia has always found itself in a sort of “weak stepsister” role …
