Posts Tagged ‘Kia’
Interview With Kia’s COO Datuk Hafiz
Naza Kia Malaysia has started the year with a strong footing, having conquered the non-national C-segment sedan segment with the Forte sedan, and sales of its fully imported Optima, Sportage and Sorento models are limited by supply rather than demand. The A-segment Picanto hatchback and B-segment Rio hatchback, Kia’s new generation models that won the [...]
Kia – Korea’s Fast and Furious
The once bankrupt Korean automaker Kia is now the envy of some of the world’s biggest automakers, so says Kei Okamura of Reuters Data Freak programme. Watch the video below from Reuters. It was timely piece considering Kia just launched its latest flagship the K9 sedan, a so-called Korea’s BMW, but nobody’s laughing at it. [...]
Kia K9 Debuts in Korea
The Kia K9 debuted in its domestic market of South Korea on Wednesday with a starting price of 52.9 million Korean Won (about RM 142,000) for the 3.3 V6 GDI version. The K9 is Kia’s latest flagship and the company’s first rear wheel drive sedan, slotted above the front wheel drive 3.3-litre V6 powered Cadenza [...]
Kia Rio Movie Remix
Both Hyundai and Kia belong to the same company under the Hyundai-Kia Group. Recently, a reader asked about the difference between the two brands – to which we answered Kia is a more youth oriented brand. Kia’s latest small new is the upcoming Rio. Late last year, Naza Kia Malaysia said the Rio is expected [...]
Test Drive Kia go to EURO 2012
Naza Kia Malaysia is offering Malaysians the chance to attend the EURO 2012 football tournament in Ukraine as the grand prize for this year’s Test Drive Kia On Tour 2012 road show. The road show, which kicks off tomorrow at the One Utama Shopping Mall, will be also held at the KSL City Mall in [...]
Kia Forte Koup: The Koup stages a coup
THE Forte deserves credit for being the car that changed our perception towards Kia. Kia vehicles today have gone through drastic improvements, mainly in terms of design. Credit goes mainly to popular designer Peter Schreyer, who changed the way Kia vehicles look, with his signature tiger grille. After the design revamp, the model that became the new [...]
Kia pulls wraps off the K9 ahead of Geneva
Just as spyshots of Kia’s new flagship the ‘KH’ appeared on the internet, Kia has decided to pull the wraps off its new flagship sedan ahead of its Geneva debut next week. Officially named the K9, it Kia’s first rear-wheel drive sedan which slots itself in the market above the K7 Cadenza and two tiers [...]
Kia KH RWD Sedan Undisguised
About two weeks ago, we posted a story on Kia’s first rear wheel drive flagship sedan, codenamed KH. Originally, the project carried a alphanumeric ‘K’ designated name, just like all previous Kia models, and was known internally as the the K9. At some point an English speaking associate must have pointed out the obvious problem [...]
New Cee’d headed for Geneva
Launching a big Kia limousine at Geneva sounds out of place for a company whose role with Hyundai is to bait younger audiences. The announcement of the debut of Kia’s new second-generation Cee’d hatchback, on the other hand, sounds right on the money. While the 2006 original looked cutting edge for the then emerging Korean [...]
Kia’s New Flagship – Rear-wheel Drive KH sedan Due In 1H of 2012
Kia Motors’ new flagship sedan – codenamed KH, official sketches revealed on Feb 13 – is expected to make its official debut in Kia’s home market of South Korea sometime within the 1H of the year. “Our all-new flagship sedan integrates all of our key capabilities such as design, performance, high-tech features and infotainment into [...]
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