Twenty two years on from when Kia first arrived in the UK, they’ve passed a milestone sales mark with the sale of their 500,000th car in the UK. [nggallery id=936 template=customlinks] Kia arrived in the UK in 1991 as a seller of budget cars, but in recent years Kia, along with sister company Hyundai, has […]
Kia Recall: 25,000 UK Kias recalled for faulty brake lights
Kia in the UK is recalling 25,192 cars built between 2006 and 2011 to fix faulty brake lights, including Sportage, Carens, Sedona and Sorento. Kia’s research and development checks have uncovered a fault in the brake light switch on a whole raft of Kia cars built between 2006 and 2011, with over 25,000 UK-owned Kias […]
2013 Kia Carens price & specification. Costs from £17,895.
The new 2013 Kia Carens MPV will costs from £17,895 in the UK, have a choice of three engines and all versions get seven seats. [nggallery id=1491 template=customlinks] It’s hard to get too excited about MPVs and people carriers in general; they do a job of transporting families and stuff but they’re not generally the […]
Kia CUB revealed: Seoul Motor Show 2013
The Kia CUB Concept has been revealed at the 2013 Seoul Motor Show as a four door coupe powered by Kia’s 1.6 litre Turbo. [nggallery id=1460 template=customlinks] Kia’s press release for the Cub Concept makes interesting reading for two reasons. Firstly, Kia say the CUB’s arrival at the Seoul Motor Show is a surprise, despite the first […]
2014 Kia Optima: New York Auto Show 2013
Kia has revealed the 2014 Optima at the New York Auto Show with cosmetic and technical tweaks. Due in the UK early 2014. [nggallery id=1458 template=customlinks] Exactly three years on from the arrival of the Kia Optima to replace the old Magentis at the New York Auto Show in 2010, Kia is back with a […]
Kia CUB Concept heading for Seoul Motor Show
An new Kia Concept – the Kia CUB – is heading for the 2013 Seoul Motor Show and is a compact four-door coupe with added funk. As Kia moves more upmarket its concepts become more convincing. Recently, we’ve had the Kia GT – a high-end, powerful swoopy coupe that looks like it’s heading for production […]
Kia GT and Provo look to be heading in to production
The recent Kia Provo Concept and the impressive Kia GT look like they’re heading in to production as Kia move upmarket. [nggallery id=767 template=customlinks] The Kia Provo – Kia’s take on a Juke / MINI Countryman urban warrior – was well received at the Geneva Motor Show (well, apart from by MPs in Northern Ireland) […]
Kia Provo upsets Northern Ireland
The Kia Provo Concept for a funky urban car has run in to trouble in Northern Ireland as its name evokes the Troubles. [nggallery id=1421 template=customlinks] When the Kia Provo was revealed in the run-up to the Geneva Motor Show, we thought it was a cracking little urban warrior. Looking like a Kia take on […]
Funky Kia Provo Concept arrives ahead of Geneva 2013
The Kia Provo Concept is heading to the 2013 Geneva Motor Show and looks to be half butch urban warrior and half coupe. [nggallery id=1421 template=customlinks] With the 2013 Geneva Motor Show looming we’re going to see plenty of reveals and leaks of new cars, concept cars and refreshed cars. Kia’s offering today comes in the ‘Concept’ […]
Hyundai & Kia responsible for big positive impact on European economy
A report by economics consultants London Economics reveals the big positive impact Hyundai and Kia are having on the European economy. We already know that both Hyundai and Kia are looking at 2013 more as an exercise in building their ‘Brand’, rather than simply selling more and more credible cars. ‘Brand’ is often as much about perceptions […]