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May 25, 2013

Hyundai & Kia sued over Hybrid Technology

Front view of silver Kia Optima Hybrid

Hyundai and Kia are being sued for patent infringement in their Hybrid cars by Paice LLC. Paice successfully sued Toyota for the same infringements. Designing (and patenting) technology can, if you get it right, be the road to riches. And that certainly seems to be the case for Paice LLC, which owns patents for petrol electric [...]

2012 Kia cee’d revealed

Dark Grey 2012 Kia cee’d

After a single photo of the 2012 Kia cee’d in January, Kia now reveals its new cee’d ahead of a Geneva debut. Just like sibling Hyundai, Kia is on the up and the new 2012 Kia cee’d promises another jump in quality and appeal when it arrives in the UK in June after a public debut at [...]

Kia KH: First image of a new RWD Kia Flagship

Kia KH flagship saloon disguised with shadows

Kia releases the first image of the Kia KH,  a luxury RWD flagship saloon destined to be the Flagship for Kia and launching soon in Korea. It would have been unthinkable just a few years ago that Kia would reveal a new, luxury flagship saloon car and be taken seriously. But cars from South Korea have come [...]

Kia Track’ster is a bonkers 4wd 250bhp concept

White Kia Tracks'ter

The Kia Trackster Concept has been revealed as a three-door, 250bhp, 4WD track version of the Soul. The Kia Soul may not be thye first car you’d think of turning in to a hot hatch, but that hasn’t stopped the Kia Track’ster arriving as a concept at the Chicago Motor Show today. Based on the Soul, the [...]

New Kia Rio 3-door arrives

New Kia Rio 3-door

The new Kia Rio three-door sees the Rio arrive in three door guise for the first time. Same engines and options as the five-door only a bit cheaper. Kia revealed the three-door Rio at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, and has now announced its arrival in the UK, with expectations the sportier-looking three-door Rio will account [...]

2012 Kia cee’d – first photo

2012 Kia cee'd

Ahead of a debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March, we have the first official photo of the 2012 Kia cee’d, which goes on sale in June. This may be the week of the Detroit Auto Show, but it’s not stopping car makers giving us a taste of what’s in store at Geneva [...]

Kia GT could spawn Coupe and Estate

Kia GT

The Kia GT Concept from Frankfurt is heading for production in 2013, and it looks like it could be joined by a Coupe and Estate. It’s not just Hyundai who are starting to push in to the luxury and performance territory currently dominated by the Germans, sister company Kia is getting in on the act [...]

2012 Kia Soul Facelift arrives in the UK

2012 Kia Soul Facelift

Kia has revealed the 2012 Facelift for the Soul as it goes on sale in the UK, with cosmetic tweaks and a bit more power. Earlier this year, at the New York Motor Show, we reported on what we called the 2011 Facelift for the Kia Soul. But as it’s now October, and the titivated Soul is [...]

Kia cee’d Trim 4 with more goodies & more power launches – prices & specs

Kia cee'd Trim 4

Kia has revealed a new range topping cee’d – the Kia cee’d 4 – with bigger specification and more power. The Kia cee’d – perhaps best known as Top Gear’s latest car for celebs to thrash round Dunsfold – is a decent car. And now it gets a bit more decent with a new range-topping [...]

Kia GT at Frankfurt: It WILL go in to production

Kia GT at Frankfurt

Kia has unveiled the very impressive Kia GT concept at Frankfurt and revealed it will go in to production in 2013. We’ve been hugely impressed with the way Kia – and sister company Hyundai - has transformed in to a serious player in the car market. And now, having matched the Japanese in the mainstream market Kia, [...]