Before becoming a major player in the worldwide motor car industry, KIA Motors traces its roots to Kyungsung Precision Industries, a humble steel tubing and bicycle parts manufacturer. Today, in tune with modern days and looking for cleaner, sustainable ways of...
As you know, the new and exciting image turnaround that KIA has been experiencing since 2007 is the result of their Head of Desing, Peter Schreyer. And, as you also know, he was the design leader for Audi before he signed with the Korean automaker. Now Ferdinand...
Remember the Ray, right? The much loved, boxy-shaped city car developed by KIA for the Korean Domestic Market has just received a new version to join the lineup in early 2013. The new Ray GTO is fitted to a new 1-liter, turbocharged Kappa engine that produces 106 hp...
Despite the economic slump, Kia Motors’ brand-new mid-sized sedan K3 passed the 20,000 mark in pre-orders. Kia Motors announced on November 10 that the cumulative pre-order sales of its brand-new K3 sedan reached 20,034 units on November 5. It took just 34 days for K3...
Today we bring you a full set of photos from Global Autonews, featuring the new KIA K3 for the Korean domestic market. As you know from previous articles, the new K3 is a compact sedan that rides on the Cee’d platform and is intended to be sold in the US (under...
According to South Korean economy analyst Nam Kyeong Moon, Hyundai and KIA will spend an estimate $362 million to compensate the 900,000 owners affected by the erroneous fuel consumption figures claimed by both automakers in the States since 2010. However, Hyundai and...
