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Kia becomes first automaker to reimburse dealers for tech fees, redemption pool

Kia becomes first automaker to reimburse dealers for tech fees, redemption pool

Kia dealers can now choose from among three HookLogic product packages, all of which are DAS eligible. Packages include HookLogic’s Web2Show and Lead2Show products. “To know that so many dealerships will have the opportunity to drive the highest intent buyers into their showroom and validate their sales throu ... Continue reading

Kia Announces New 'VR7' Range

Kia Announces New 'VR7' Range

Kia has confirmed the arrival in UK dealerships of the new 'VR7' special edition range on its Picanto, Rio and cee'd models. ... Continue reading

Donated Kia Soul outreach vehicle to support the mission of Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Donated Kia Soul outreach vehicle to support the mission of Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Pacific Marine Mammal Center today announced Kia Motors America (KMA) as a new partner of the non-profit organization, dedicated to animal welfare and ocean education. KMA pledged to support the center's efforts and environmental messaging in a multitude of ways, including the donation of a community outreach vehicle, ... Continue reading

Optima Boosts Style and Technology

Optima Boosts Style and Technology

Kia's game-changing Optima, the car that set style benchmarks for all affordable mid-size cars to follow when it was launched in Australia three years ago, has been fluffed and buffed for another year in the trenches. ... Continue reading

Kia Motors Celebrates 20th Anniversary In The U.S. After Delivering Seven All-New Or Significantly Redesigned Vehicles In 2013

Kia Motors Celebrates 20th Anniversary In The U.S. After Delivering Seven All-New Or Significantly Redesigned Vehicles In 2013

Over the last two decades, Kia Motors America (KMA) has experienced unprecedented growth, due in part to an aggressive new vehicle launch cadence – 16 new or significantly redesigned cars and CUVs in the last five years alone – and 2013 served as an important transitional year that saw the brand continue to d ... Continue reading

Kia Motors overseas sales up 2.7% in 2013

Kia Motors overseas sales up 2.7% in 2013

Kia Motors Corporation has announced its 2013 full-year global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 2,746,643 units sold. ... Continue reading

Kia Shocks The Motor City With Rear-Drive GT4 Stinger Concept

Kia Shocks The Motor City With Rear-Drive GT4 Stinger Concept

Hearkening back to the glory days of purebred, affordable sports cars, Kia Motors America (KMA) today unveiled the brand's most aggressive concept car ever when wraps came off the GT4 Stinger at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Kia's eye-catching design language moves in a bold new direction with the ... Continue reading

2014 Kia Cadenza Named 'International Car Of The Year'

2014 Kia Cadenza Named 'International Car Of The Year'

Kia Motors America (KMA) is proud to announce that Road & Travel Magazine (RTM) has named the 2014 Kia Cadenza as the International Car of the Year (ICOTY) at the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The all-new 2014 Cadenza's stunning design combined with premium amenities and impressive val ... Continue reading

Kia Motors showcases future transportation technology at 2014 Consumer Electronics Show

Kia Motors showcases future transportation technology at 2014 Consumer Electronics Show

The journey through Nevada's desert, heading toward the bright lights and mega hotels of Las Vegas, can provide its own sense of adventure'a travellers' simultaneous experience of freedom through mobility and the solitude of the open road, a feeling that bonds driver to car and brings into sharp focus the channels of c ... Continue reading

Kia Draws On Customer Reviews To Kickstart 2014 TV Campaign

Kia Draws On Customer Reviews To Kickstart 2014 TV Campaign

Following on from the phenomenal success of the 2013 'Customer Advocacy and Reviews Strategy' (CARS) advertising, Kia Motors (UK) Ltd is starting 2014 with a fully integrated marketing campaign highlighting real customers comments and thoughts about their cars. ... Continue reading

Kia duo honoured with Cars Of The Year Award

Kia duo honoured with Cars Of The Year Award

Kia has continued to reap accolades and endorsements from where it counts with the multi-award winning baby Rio and Sorento large SUV joining the elite Cars Of The Year winners nominated by Australian New Car Buyer magazine. ... Continue reading

New Marketing Director For Kia UK

New Marketing Director For Kia UK

Mark Hopkins has joined Kia Motors (UK) Ltd as its new Marketing Director at the company's head office in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. ... Continue reading

Kia keeps the wheels turning at Australian Open

Kia keeps the wheels turning at Australian Open

While the world's premier players serve, volley and smash their way towards the opening Grand Slam title of 2014, a fleet of more than 100 Kia vehicles will shuttle players, officials and guests the equivalent of almost 10 circumnavigations of the Earth to ensure everyone is where they need to be when they need to be t ... Continue reading

Kia Showcases Future Transportation Technology At 2014 Consumer Electronics Show

Kia Showcases Future Transportation Technology At 2014 Consumer Electronics Show

At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Kia Motors America (KMA) brings a collection of new and future technologies highlighting telematics and infotainment, each focused on creating a safer, more dynamic and efficient driving experience, with an eye on the expanding horizon of connected cars ... Continue reading

Kia, Mnet serve up a World First App

Kia, Mnet serve up a World First App

In a world first, Kia and its communications partners - mobile solutions agency Mnet, media agency Initiative and creative agency Innocean Worldwide - have collaborated to create an interactive game that allows people to return a high-speed tennis serve live from their TV. ... Continue reading

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