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Kia Motors America Expands Soul EV Availability to Four Additional States

Kia Motors America Expands Soul EV Availability to Four Additional States

Soul Electric Vehicle(1) Will be Available for Sale in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland - Expansion into four new states underlines Kia's commitment to green mobility and its fun-and-funky alternative-fuel vehicle - Fourth phase of progressive launch reflects growing consumer demand -- Following the succ ... Continue reading

Kia And B.R.A.K.E.S. Host Free Hands-On Defensive Driving School In Minneapolis October 10 And 11

Kia And B.R.A.K.E.S. Host Free Hands-On Defensive Driving School In Minneapolis October 10 And 11

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-17 year olds1, however, B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible and Keep Everyone Safe) and Kia Motors America (KMA) are working together to make the streets of the Twin Cities safer. The B.R.A.K.E.S. Teen Pro-Active Driving School will host the 501(c)(3) charity's free ... Continue reading

Automotive Brands Ranked In 16th Annual Interbrand Top 100 Best

Automotive Brands Ranked In 16th Annual Interbrand Top 100 Best

INTERBRAND’S 100 BEST GLOBAL BRANDS <br> LIST INCLUDES THIRTEEN AUTO BRANDS ... Continue reading

Kia Sorento Tours with Forces TV for IRDC Rugby World Cup 2015

Kia Sorento Tours with Forces TV for IRDC Rugby World Cup 2015

Kia Supports BFBS with a KX-3 Sorento BFBS Sport will host live coverage of the IRDC Rugby World Cup 2015 Partnership continues between Kia and Jon Knighton, Sports Editor of BFBS Forces TV, and several members of the team will be navigating a Kia Sorento KX-3 to different stadiums across the UK for the second Internat ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Continues Sorento Marketing Campaign With Expanded "NBC Sunday Night Football" Partnership

Kia Motors Continues Sorento Marketing Campaign With Expanded "NBC Sunday Night Football" Partnership

Built for Football Families" Campaign Showcases Kia's Largest and Most Capable Crossover Utility Vehicle - Series of ad spots set to run throughout the 2015-2016 NFL season on the number one primetime show on television - Supportive parents offer inner thoughts to common youth football situations IRVINE, CA -- Oct. 1, ... Continue reading

Kia Announces Fifth Consecutive Monthly Sales Record

Kia Announces Fifth Consecutive Monthly Sales Record

Year-To-Date Sales Up 7.0 Percent IRVINE, CA -- October 1, 2015: Following the best first half performance in company history, Kia Motors America’s (KMA) momentum continued with record third quarter sales, including a September sales record of 49,820 units, a 22.6-percent increase over the same period last year. T ... Continue reading

The Pope's Ride For USA Visit

The Pope's Ride For USA Visit

POPE FRANCIS TO HAVE A JEEP POPEMOBILE IN U.S. by Marty Bernstein Senior Editor at Large The Auto Channel In just a few weeks Pope Francis will begin a short visit – just six days -- to the United States and while here will be driven around in the hot selling and specially modified by the Secret Service Jeep Wrang ... Continue reading

Major Upgrades to the Entire Kia cee'd Family

Major Upgrades to the Entire Kia cee'd Family

Kia today unveils a major package of advancements to the entire European-designed, European-engineered and European-made cee’d family. The revisions, which affect the five-door cee’d, three-door pro_cee’d, spacious cee’d Sportswagon and sporty cee’d GT and pro_cee’d GT, introduce new powertrains bringing major im ... Continue reading

Kia Set to Build on a Million Plus cee'd Sales

Kia Set to Build on a Million Plus cee'd Sales

Kia today reveals pricing and specification details for the extensively revised cee’d family, which is set to build on more than a million sales of the range already. The revisions affect the five-door cee’d, three-door pro_cee’d, spacious cee’d Sportswagon and sporty cee’d GT and pro_cee’ ... Continue reading

Advanced New Powertrains Debut in Upgraded Kia cee'd

Advanced New Powertrains Debut in Upgraded Kia cee'd

Kia’s all-European cee’d family has become the first range to be fitted with the company’s advanced new powertrains, which bring reductions of up to 25 per cent in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. There are three new turbocharged engines – two petrol units and one diesel – plus a seven-speed ... Continue reading

Death Valley Hot Weather Test for the Kia Sportage +VIDEO

Death Valley Hot Weather Test for the Kia Sportage +VIDEO

Kia Motors has today revealed details of the intensive hot weather development tests for the all-new Kia Sportage – as part of the most extreme and rigorous vehicle testing programme ever devised by the company. The all-new Sportage made its global debut at the 2015 Frankfurt International Motor Show earlier this mont ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel Vs. Consumer Reports 2015 Best and Worst Cars

The Auto Channel Vs. Consumer Reports 2015 Best and Worst Cars

Auto Central September 16, 2015; The October 2015 issue of Consumer Reports features lots of car stuff, including their Best and Worst of 2015 and a close up look at small SUV's. We thought that our readership would be interested in reading what The Auto Channel's senior editor's had to say about those same cars. Altho ... Continue reading

Kia Ranked Second in New UK Study by J.D. Power

Kia Ranked Second in New UK Study by J.D. Power

The Kia cee’d has been named the most dependable compact car and Kia Motors has been ranked second overall brand for dependability, according to a new UK study by J.D. Power. The inaugural J.D. Power 2015 UK Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) is an industry-wide survey, examining problems experienced during the pas ... Continue reading

Soul Train: The Cross County Electric Challenge

Soul Train: The Cross County Electric Challenge

Since the Kia Soul EV's UK launch in October 2014 it has consistently impressed with its class leading homologated range of 132 miles, battery density of 200 Wh/kg, high level of equipment, excellent driving experience and everyday practicality. To showcase the Soul EV’s competitive attributes, Kia Motors joined force ... Continue reading

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