Another recall, in this time for the 2007-2008 Kia Sorento and potential airbag fault.

by loubeat | Sep 19, 2011 | All News, Kia, Technical

Yesterday, we publish the recall affecting over 200,000 Hyundai Santa Fe and Veracruz. Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announces a new recall for the 2007-2008 Kia Sorento. The NHTSA has announced the recall of 10,631 Kia Sorento models built...

Hyundai recalling over 200,000 Santa Fe and Veracruz CUV's.

by loubeat | Sep 17, 2011 | All News, Hyundai, Technical

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced today a recall of over 200,000 Hyundai crossovers (178,685 Santa Fe and 26,548 Veracruz crossovers) all from the 2007 and 2008 model years. What happened? The Airbags that may not deploy in the event of an...

Kia Picanto design story: Exterior.

by loubeat | Aug 27, 2011 | All News, Kia, Technical

The main concept of the exterior of the All-new Picanto is Distinct & Modern. In other words, highly individual styling and differentiated elements based on clearly distinct modernity give a new identity to this compact car. Also, the harmony between the...

EuroNCAP: Hyundai i40 get five stars, Kia Picanto is okay with four.

by loubeat | Aug 24, 2011 | All News, Hyundai, Kia, Technical

-Kia Picanto 1.0 LX: Adult occupant. The passenger compartment of the Picanto remained stable in the frontal impact. Dummy readings indicated good protection of the knees, femurs and pelvis of both the driver and front passenger. Kia demonstrated that a similar level...

Kia Optima design story: Interior.

by loubeat | Aug 21, 2011 | All News, Kia, Technical

With each new Design project comes a new goal and Kia was determined that this new Optima was going to be very aggressive, youthful and sporty. Immediately, we felt very confident that an “aircraft cockpit” inspired theme was the perfect solution for this new...