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May 23, 2013

Hyundai U.S. fuel economy mess cleverly sorted

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Hyundai and Kia’s misstated fuel economy figures in the U.S. could have been a PR disaster, but it looks like prompt action has limited any real damage. We moan constantly about ‘Official’ fuel economy figures (yes, we moan a lot). They’re good for nothing except limited comparison between the efficiency of different cars from different car makers. Worse than [...]

Kia Pro_Cee’d GT Turbo teased

Sketch of 2013 Kia Pro_Cee'd GT

The Kia Pro Cee’d GT – complete with the 1.6 litre petrol turbo from the Veloster with 200bhp – is being teased by Kia. We reported last month that Kia are planning to put the 200bhp, 1.6 litre Turbo from the Hyundai Veloster in to the new Pro_cee’d three door to create a hot little coupe, and [...]

Hyundai & Kia make a mess of U.S. fuel consumption figures

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Hyundai and Kia has admitted to mistakes in their fuel consumption figure in the U.S. and are set to compensate owners. Official fuel consumption figures are, at best, a guide to relative fuel consumption between different cars. Beyond that they’re pointless. But it seems Hyundai and Kia in the States have got their collective knickers in a [...]

New Kia Cee’d & Procee’d GT Turbo Geneva 2013 debut

Photo of 2013 Kia Pr_cee'd

Kia will launch the Cee’d & Pro_cee’d GT at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show with a 200bhp Turbo engine and cosmetic tweaks. With the cars of Kia (and sister company, Hyundai) becoming ever more convincing with every passing year, the time had to come when the Koreans figured it was right to take on the [...]

Electric Kia Soul planned for 2014

Photo of 2012 Kia Soul

Kia has revealed that they will offer a battery electric version of the next generation Kia Soul when it arrives in 2014. Hyundai may have seen the light and decided the future for cars lies with hydrogen fuel cell cars and not battery electric cars, but sister company Kia thinks differently. It seems an odd polarity for [...]

2013 Kia Sorento: UK Price & Spec

Photo of 2013 Kia Sorento UK

The 2013 Kia Sorento – Kia’s take on the Hyundai Santa Fe – arrives in UK showrooms this month priced from £26,495. Unsurprisingly – with the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe about to hit UK showrooms – the 2013 Kia Sorento is about to do so too. Kia’s new Sorento is basically the same convincing package [...]

2013 Kia Carens heading for Paris 2012 debut

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Kia has revealed the all new Kia Carens compact MPV with a modified cee’d platform and 5 and 7 seat options. Paris 2012 debut. Kia has taken the wraps off its stylish new Carens compact MPV ahead of its Paris world premiere and the biggest news for families is that the company will offer both [...]

2013 Kia Pro_cee’d revealed

2013 Kia Pro_cee’d

Ahead of a debut at the Paris Motor Show we have the first photos of the 2013 Kia Pro_cee’d, a sporty 3 door take on the new cee’d. Back in March we had what appeared to be the first leaked sketch of the 2013 Kia Pro_cee’d – Kia’s three-door sporty take on the new cee’d – but [...]

2013 Kia cee’d Sportswagon price from £16,895

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The new Kia cee’d Sportswagon (Estate) goes on sale in the UK today priced from £16,895 with engine and trim options as the cee’d. Kia updated the cee’d – the car most know best from Top Gear’s SIARPC – earlier this year, and now we get the arrival of the estate version – the Kia [...]

2013 Kia Sorento engine lineup revealed

Photo of 2013 Kia Sorento

Kia has revealed that the 2013 Sorento – which will debut at the Paris Motor Show next month – will get a choice of two diesel and one petrol engines. We’ve had two reveals of the 2013 Kia Sorento so far this year, the first for the 2013 US Sorento and the second for the 2013 Europe [...]