Kia News

Kia Motors has released pictures of its first rear-wheel-drive full-size sedan, a vehicle we're likely to see on our shores sooner than later. Codenamed the Kia K9, slotting above the Kia Optima (K5) and Korean-market Kia Cadenza (K7), it will share its underpinnings with the Hyundai Genesis luxury sedan already ...    Read more

The Chicago Auto Show bills itself as the biggest in the world, and to a certain extent that's true. McCormick Place is the biggest convention center in the world, and the show itself attracts huge numbers of visitors when it's open to the public. Like other auto shows, it's a chance ...    Read more

Riding the good vibes from its record sales year in 2011 and its humorous advertising campaigns of late, Kia has had to make tough decisions on what to do with its at-capacity manufacturing and its inability to keep up with demand. ...    Read more

Korean auto makers Hyundai and Kia had a very lucrative year in 2011 and that trend of success appears to have carried over into the first month of 2012. Both auto makers had a January for the record books (again) moving a staggering 78,211 units combined. Kia is up 27.8 ...    Read more

The Super Bowl of advertising is just around the corner, once again coinciding with the actual Super bowl. Good thing too, since it's a sure bet that not all of the millions of people watching The Big Game actually enjoy football. However, all of them do buy stuff on occasion, ...    Read more

What It Is/Who It's For A niche in the midsize segment has emerged for greenies and eco trumpeters. The Optima Hybrid has come to play. Best Thing Buying a mainstream midsizer no longer means compromising between sexy styling, good fuel economy, and the ability to haul five people in comfort. Worst Thing The ...    Read more

The little Korean automaker that could, Kia, is delaying stop/start technology in its 2012 Kia Rio after several unfavorable media reviews. The stop/start function—which Kia calls ISG for Idle, Stop and Go—will remain idle until engineers can "tweak" the system. Several members of the media who reviewed the 2012 Kia Rio ...    Read more

Kia Motors is recalling 145,755 Kia Optima and Kia Rondo models to repair a faulty clock spring in the steering column that could potentially stop the driver's front airbag from working. The recall affects 2006 to 2008 Kia Optima sedans manufactured between Sept. 29, 2005 and Jan. 29, 2008 and model ...    Read more

Over the past few days, we've covered touchscreens, voice commands, head-up displays, applications, smartphone integration, and various other technologies featured at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But what does much of it come down to? The cloud. Technology in cars is finally at a point where it needs ...    Read more

It isn't often we see cars here that were never meant to drive on our shores. But Kia Motors decided to bring over its Naimo concept that debuted at last May's Seoul auto show and 2012 Kia Ray EV micro car not to show us the U.S. needs more 60-horsepower ...    Read more

Kia Motors took to Las Vegas this week instead of focusing its efforts in Detroit to introduce its second generation of its UVO voice-command infotainment system. In its newest iteration, it will feature in-car telematics and vehicle diagnostics services called eServices that is designed to integrate with a free smartphone ...    Read more

Conventional wisdom held that 2011 would be the year of the compact car. Instead, it was a year of disaster, frustration, and not atypically—hope. But everyone already knows 2011's great story: tsunami, earthquake, floods, and burying the past. It's that last part, plus summer's annual focus on the next production ...    Read more

Like oatmeal, homemade holiday cookies, and your Grandma Eunice, midsize sedans are a familiar sight in tough times. They’re not flashy (no matter how hard Hyundai tries), but they’re good for you. They’ve been around since forever, much like Eunice. And also like her, no matter how hard she tries ...    Read more

The auto industry rarely ever takes a step backward. Despite stiffer government regulations that make building exciting—yet practical—cars, trucks and SUVs, an even bigger challenge, 2012 looks to be another year of progress. With automakers leapfrogging one another in rapid sequence, we at Automotive.com, we looked at where we saw ...    Read more

We’ve already seen the new 2012 Kia Ray, the Korean market’s Honey-I-shrunk-the-Soul micro car. But just a month after we learned of that car, Kia has announced that it will be adding an all-electric version, perhaps foreshadowing technology we’re bound to see in the not-too-distant future. With just 68 horsepower from ...    Read more

Although it debuted as a 2009 model, Kia is already well on the way to get its next-generation Forte on the road. But if the automaker was looking to keep the car under wraps for a while longer, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. Leaked onto the internet ...    Read more

Marketing folks love to trot out the phrase “it’s the product, stupid.” Some of them probably have it tattooed somewhere on their bodies. Spurred by this hackneyed phrase, it’s been a good month for the Korean automakers, to say the least. both Hyundai and Kia saw record sales for the ...    Read more

Auto shows are a time for carmakers to display their hottest new models, boast about big horsepower numbers, and showcase low-to-the-floor, stylish, swoopy concept cars that have no chance of making it to production. The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show will be no different, as it kicks off the U.S. auto ...    Read more

At the Frankfurt Motor Show and once again in Los Angeles next week, Kia is showing its GT concept, a slick, sleek four-door that apes the shape of exotic grand tourers and is Kia’s first sports sedan. With, and perhaps because of, its debut, speculation has run rampant as to ...    Read more

South Korea is a fascinating country with many cars we wish would come here. This one, however, is a little questionable. Called the Kia Ray, it looks a bit like a scaled-down ...    Read more

What's New Kia’s no one-trick pony. After finally breaking through with the 2011 Kia Optima sedan, the Korean brand is following up with a concept that lets the world know it means business. For an encore, the rear-wheel-drive Kia GT Concept sports sedan squares up nicely as a proposal to go ...    Read more

It doesn't appear Hyundai and Kia will be slowing down anytime soon. Both auto makers turned in record-setting sales figures for the month of October. For Kia, it was the fourteenth consecutive month of good fortune, with its 37,690 October sales helping add to its 35 percent gain for the ...    Read more

Two weeks after announcing pricing for the Kia Rio 5-door, the Korean automaker has released pricing information for the Rio sedan. As is the market trend these days, the Rio sedan will undercut its hatchback sibling in price, starting at $14,150, including $750 for destination and handling. That will put ...    Read more

With the NBA lockout in full swing, basketball players are coming up with creative ways to keep busy with their newfound free time. Blake Griffin is no exception. Gaining notoriety—and a sponsorship deal—after slam-dunking over a Kia Optima at last season’s ...    Read more

Korea's top automakers played a familiar tune in September, showing customers still opt for value in a tepid economy. Hyundai sold 55,051 cars in September, a 12-percent increase from the same period last year. Kia moved 35,609 units, an 18.4-percent increase from the same period a year ago, easily making ...    Read more