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Cars.Com's Top 10 Underappreciated Cars and Trucks

Cars.Com's Top 10 Underappreciated Cars and Trucks

Chicago May 12, 2012; Good products usually sell themselves . . . but not always. Cars.com has assembled a list of cars and trucks that should be more popular than they are. In some cases the sales figures aren't bad, but in none of the cases do the sales match the Cars.com assessment of the cars' relevance or excellen ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Posts 6.9% Global Sales Growth in April

Kia Motors Posts 6.9% Global Sales Growth in April

Kia Motors Corporation has announced its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for April 2012, recording a total of 229,643 units sold. ... Continue reading

Kia Launches Elegant and Luxurious All-New K9 Flagship Sedan +VIDEO

Kia Launches Elegant and Luxurious All-New K9 Flagship Sedan +VIDEO

Kia's all-new luxury flagship sedan goes on sale in Korea today (Wednesday), powering the brand into an entirely new segment of the global automotive market. ... Continue reading

Kia Maintains Record Pace

Kia Maintains Record Pace

Kia's bold projection of strong annual double-digit growth is right on track with the year-to-date growth hitting 22.7 per cent in a market that saw a softening of sales in April, according to new car sales figures released by the Federal Chamber Of Automotive Industries today. ... Continue reading

Kia Supports Rotary Ride for Research

Kia Supports Rotary Ride for Research

Kia Motors Australia has provided logistics support to the 2012 Rotary Ride for Research which over the past 25 years has raised over $820,000 for Australian Rotary Health (ARH). ... Continue reading

Florida Fun and 40MPG With 2012 Kia Rio and Optima Hybrid +VIDEO

Florida Fun and 40MPG With 2012 Kia Rio and Optima Hybrid +VIDEO

By Larry Nutson Senior Editor Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel (IMG_3401) April 2012 From Miami Beach to Key West is about 170 miles. Kia Motors America invited 28 auto writers to test their hypermiling skills making the drive down U.S. Highway 1 behind the wheels of the 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid, Rio sedan and Rio 5-door. ... Continue reading

Kia Motors' U.S. Corporate Campus Honored With "Good Design is Good Business Award" By Architectural Record

Kia Motors' U.S. Corporate Campus Honored With "Good Design is Good Business Award" By Architectural Record

-- Kia Motors America (KMA), the fastest-growing car company in the United States(1), celebrates another prestigious architectural accolade, as the KMA Corporate Headquarters and state-of-the-art Kia Design Center America (KDCA) in Irvine, California have been honored with the "Good Design is Good Business Award" by Ar ... Continue reading

Kia Motors And Trees For Cities Make Life A Little Greener For Local Children In Lambeth

Kia Motors And Trees For Cities Make Life A Little Greener For Local Children In Lambeth

The Triangle Adventure Playground in Lambeth - one of the oldest playgrounds in London has been given a new lease of life by Kia Motors and Trees for Cities. ... Continue reading

Ball Hunt Ends in Rio for Tennis Fan

Ball Hunt Ends in Rio for Tennis Fan

A Western Sydney resident who entered a Kia Ball Hunt competition has driven away in a brand new "Reborn Rio". ... Continue reading

Kia Starts Work On A Major New North London Dealership - In A Car Park!

Kia Starts Work On A Major New North London Dealership - In A Car Park!

Kia Motors (UK) Limited is continuing its dramatic dealer network development with a £1 million re-development of a multi-storey car park site on the Edgware Road in North London. ... Continue reading

Kia Global Sales Growth Remains Strong

Kia Global Sales Growth Remains Strong

Kia Motors Corporation has announced its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for March, recording a total of 245,238 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 13.4%. ... Continue reading

Paul Philpott Returns To Kia Motors UK And Ireland As President And Ceo

Paul Philpott Returns To Kia Motors UK And Ireland As President And Ceo

Paul Philpott, currently Chief Operating Officer of Kia Motors Europe in Frankfurt is returning to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Kia Motors UK and Ireland' the first time a non-Korean has been appointed to such a role at any Kia subsidiary in Europe. ... Continue reading

Picanto Conquers Parkers City Car Segment

Picanto Conquers Parkers City Car Segment

Real-life buyers' champions, Parkers didn't think the Kia Picanto was good enough to win just the "under £9,000" part of its City Car category in the 2012 Parkers Cost of Motoring New Car Awards – so it also chose Picanto in the £9,000-£11,000 category as well! ... Continue reading

Kia Sales on Target

Kia Sales on Target

Kia's steady climb up the Australian new car ladder continued unabated with a record March sale of 2738 units. ... Continue reading

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