Category: Kia

Kia to Introduce Kitschy KV7 Concept in Detroit

Kia to Introduce Kitschy KV7 Concept in Detroit

With only days remaining in 2010, Kia Motors has aligned themselves for the best year in their company’s 66-year history. Enjoying a 16.8 percent sales increase in the North American market for 2010 on the end of November, Kia Motors has been raking in praise for their vast improvement in creating desirable vehicles. Among the [...]

Click for a Kia Through eBay Motors

Click for a Kia Through eBay Motors

Lately, it has become apparent that eBay wants to be known more than an auction site allowing the exchange of attic treasures, celebrity memorabilia and pieces of toast wearing images resembling religious figures. Since 1999, eBay Motors has allowed individuals as well as participating dealerships to advertise and sold vehicles through their website. Practically monopolizing [...]

2010 Kia Soul Named “Best New Car for Your Teen”

2010 Kia Soul Named “Best New Car for Your Teen”

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance just named the Kia Soul as the “Best New Car for Your Teen.” Why? Mainly its “cool factor.” And who knows cool better than a personal finance magazine? Is the Kia Soul cool? Yeah, I’ll give it that. It’s got that…unique styling. Some would call it funky, some would say fugly, but [...]

Finalist Voting Now Open for Internet Car & Truck of the Year

Finalist Voting Now Open for Internet Car & Truck of the Year

The Internet Pros & The Average Joes have spoken and they largely agree on their choice of finalists for the 2011 Internet Car & Truck of the Year awards that will be presented in December. Consumers have chosen from American cars over imports, all of the finalists selected by voters were from the Detroit Big [...]

Kia’s POP Electric Minicar Concept to Debut at Paris Motor Show

Kia’s POP Electric Minicar Concept to Debut at Paris Motor Show

Looks like they might be trying to go for the Hello Kitty-clad Japanese youth with this one. Regardless, Kia just released these images of their latest concept car – the Kia POP. The POP Concept is a 3 meter long minicar, sits three, and it’s powered by an electric motor. No surprise here, given the [...]

Is the Five-Door Car Hatching an American Return?

Is the Five-Door Car Hatching an American Return?

Getting the first look at the 2011 new cars, have you been noticing the increased use of the term five-door for vehicles sold in the United States? During the early to mid 1980s every manufacturer sought a way to include the extended rear window to their designs of sedans. Mainly touting itself as aerodynamically more [...]

Kia Asks What’s in the Name

Kia Asks What’s in the Name

Finally featuring some exciting, fun vehicles in the lineup, South Korean car maker Kia Motors is now considering another effort to refurbish their image by reversing to alphanumeric identifications rather than names for the North American market. With several of their vehicles sold in the Asian market already recognized for alphanumeric codes (the Forte is [...]

The Class of 2010′s Quality-Challenged Cars

The Class of 2010′s Quality-Challenged Cars

For the 2010 model year, there was just under 70 brand new or heavily redesigned vehicles entering the marketplace. With thousands of parts combining to fabricate a vehicle, automakers are terribly concerned for their freshman products. Despite all the virtual and physical testing has been conducted prior to release within a vehicle’s development stage, the [...]