The Kia EV9 Concept is teased ahead of a debut this month, expected to be a large electric SUV and joining Hyundai’s Ioniq 7 Concept debut. Just last week, we had a tease for the Hyundai SEVEN Concept, a large SUV we expect to turn in to the Ioniq 7 before too long. And now it’s […]
Kia TOPS Electric Car sales in October as first deliveries of the Kia EV6 kick in
Kia tops the sales list for electric cars in October, as the first deliveries of the new Kia EV6 add to Kia’s other BEV sales. The Kia EV6 looks to be a very appealing start to Kia’s move in to delivering EVs based on a proper EV platform, and October saw the start of deliveries […]
Kia announces prices and specs for updated Ceed Hatch, Ceed Estate and ProCeed
The updated Kia Ceed costs from £20,105, the Kia Ceed SPortswagon from £20,805 and the Kia ProCeed from £25,480. Now on sale. Kia’s headlines at the moment may be all about the new electric Kia EV6, but it’s bread and butter cars like the Ceed range that’ll keep paying the bills until EVs dominate. To […]
New ‘SWB’ Kia Sportage for the UK and Europe revealed
Kia has revealed the new Sportage SUV designed for the UK and Europe, with a shorter wheelbase and region-specific chassis. When the new Kia Sportage was revealed back in June we assumed, because there was no reason not to, that apart from a few cosmetic tweaks this was the new Sportage heading for the UK. […]
New Kia Sportage for the UK and Europe TEASED as a smaller, sportier Sportage
Kia teases a new Sportage model designed specifically for the UK and Europe, smaller in size and sportier in looks. Debuts next week. You may be a little confused by Kia teasing a new Sportage with a design sketch (above) in light of the reveal in June of the new Kia Sportage. But it seems, […]
Kia Soul EV Maxx arrives to replace the Soul EV First Edition – priced to fit PiCG
Kia replaces the Soul EV First Edition model launched when the revised Soul arrived with the Kia Soul EV Maxx, priced from £34,945. It’s getting on for three years since the current Kia Soul arrived, and two years since it went on sale in the UK. With underpinnings borrowed from the Kia e-Niro the Soul […]
Kia EV6 Electric Experience gets you up close with the new Kia EV
Kia launches the EV6 Electric Experience, an event across its UK dealer network to get interested buyers up close to the new electric Kia EV6. There’s lots of talk about VW heading towards dominance of EV sale with its ID range, bringing ‘affordable electric cars to mainstream buyers. Of course, that’s affordable by Ev standards, […]
One-off Kia Soul EV Boardmasters Edition turns the Soul EV in to a COOL SUV
Kia takes a pre-production Soul EV and turns it into the Kia Soul EV Boardmasters Edition with raised ride height and Maxxis Bighorn sand tyres. The Kia Soul is a perfectly good, although rather uninspiring, family runaround, although it now does the same job with electrickery powering the wheels instead of ICE since 2019, making […]
Electric Kia EV6 has up to 328-mile range and 18-minute rapid charge
The electric Kia EV6 offers a range of up to 328 miles on a single charge, with rapid charging of 10-80 per cent possible in just 18 minutes. It’s starting to look like Hyundai and Kia are heading for the top of the appeal tree for mainstream EVs, with the cracking Ioniq 5 from Hyundai […]
Kia Stinger production to END in 2022
Production of the Kia Stinger, launched in the UK in 2017, will end in 2022 after poor sales, with Kia concentrating instead on EVs. It’s four years since the Kia Stinger was revealed in UK spec, as Kia delivered a car it hoped would make a dent in a market dominated by Audi, BMW and […]