News of Kia in presa Romana si Internationala

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Bloomberg announced today that it rates Korean automaker Kia at the top of its Riskless Return Ranking, a study that suggests the brand is the safest investment among all 22 publicly-traded major global automakers.

Based on the last five years, Bloomberg says that Kia gave investors a risk-adjusted return of 9.2 percent. That’s the highest of any brand in the Bloomberg World Auto Manufacturers Index of ...

SPIED: New Kia Cee'd Spawns an MPV to Take on the Citroen C4 Picasso and Ford C-MAX

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The upcoming 82nd Geneva International Auto Salon will host the world premiere of the new generation Cee'd, which is Kia's entry in the oh-so popular European C-segment with competitors like the VW Golf and Toyota Auris.

However, the South Korean automaker's plans don't stop with the hatchback model ...

Kia releases first pics of K9 flagship – Korea only for now

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Kia today revealed the first official images of its new flagship sedan. To be called K9 in Korea, it will be launched there in the first half of 2012. The K9 is Kia’s first rear-wheel drive sedan. As its name denotes, the big sedan slots in above the K5 (Optima) and K7, or Cadenza ...

Consider it a knockout performance: In a recent head-to-head battle between two mainstream middleweights, conducted by the team of experts at Consumer Reports, the all-new Kia Optima took on—and then took down—the Honda Accord.

According to CR, the Kia won the day based on its performance in five key areas:

Handling—Riding on an all-new, stiffer platform, the Optima boasts independent front and rear suspensions, with
MacPherson struts at the fore and a multi-link setup aft, ...

Consumers Digest just named four Kia vehicles “Best Buys” – the 2012 Kia Optima, 2012 Sorento, 2012 Soul, and 2012 Sportage. This latest recognition comes after Kia Motors America (KMA) announced the company’s best-ever October sales and setting its 14th consecutive monthly sales record.

“Kia’s design-led transformation continues to attract new customers to Kia showrooms with stand-out design, fuel efficiency, a host of standard amenities as well as residual values that continue to outpace the ...

With sales up more than 35 percent through the end of November, Kia is one of the fastest-growing brands in the industry, and the automaker pins much of that success on the recent “design-based transformation” of its lineup. The experts behind the annual GOOD DESIGN awards would probably agree, too: After all, they recently honored the Kia Rio5 with one of the world’s most prestigious awards for new product design.

The Rio 5 is Kia’s ...

With sales up by a stellar 209 percent last year, the striking Kia Optima garnered new fans at an impressive rate, and among those impressed were clearly the writers at Autobytel. In fact, the folks at the popular online resource for all things automotive were so taken by the Optima that they named it their Sedan of the Year.

It’s another seal of approval for the Optima’s recent makeover, which introduced Kia’s much-lauded design language—developed ...

Kia Picanto cu trei uşi, Rio Sedan şi Soul facelift sunt disponibile în România

Kia a anunţat preţurile noilor Rio Sedan, Picanto cu trei uşi şi Soul facelift pe piaţa din România. Cele trei modele sunt disponibile pentru comandă, iar cel mai ieftin dintre acestea pleacă de la 9.212 euro cu TVA inclus. Pe locul doi la preţ se află Kia Rio Sedan cu 10.345 de euro preţ de pornire, în timp ce Kia Soul ...

Citat comunicat KIA :
,,Kia publica schitele unui nou sedan
- Este primul autoturism Kia cu tractiune pe spate
- Va fi lansat in Coreea in prima jumatate a acestui an
- Distributia pe alte piete urmeaza sa fie confirmata

(SEUL) 13.02.2012 – Kia Motors a dezvaluit astazi primele schite oficiale ale noii “nave amiral” din gama, un sedan de la care se asteapta stabilirea unor noi standarde de design in segmentul large sedan.

Avand ...

Cu ocazia Salonului Auto de la Chicago cei de la Kia au lansat conceptul Kia Track'ster, un Soul puţin mai cizelat.

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Kia Track'ster Concept se prezintă cu o caroserie în trei uşi 250 CP sub capotă şi tracţiune integrală. Conceptul este practic o versiune mai drăguţă a modelului Kia Soul. Până în acest moment Kia Soul a fost orice altceva decât o maşină cu performanţe.

Practic,conceptul, propune o versiune sportivă ...