Kia continues to impress car buyers and auto critics alike with their innovative designs and substantial growth in the last few years. After breaking their own sales records, month over month, this past September, Kia officially broke their previous annual sales total - in only nine months!
Paul Cerame Kia of 11655 New Halls Ferry in Florissant, MO, has a great announcement for those who love driving green. The Korean auto maker has announced they will focus all their eco-friendly car production on electric vehicles (EV) and leave the hybrid options for parent company Hyundai.
This is a bit of a departure after the team driving Kia Optima Hybrid completed a historic cross country trip, and set the Guinness World Record for "Lowest fuel consumption driving through all 48 contiguous U.S. states in a gasoline hybrid car."
"Hyundai intends to focus on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and…
The all new Kia Optima Hybrid has a sporty new look: with a mean, angled front grille and a rising rear compartment with large trunk and taillights.
Optima contains the basic powerplant for a car of its size and class: a fuel efficient 2.4 liter four-cylinder engine, connected to a six speed automatic.
But what makes this car hybrid ready to go? The 40 horsepower electric motor couples to this already powerful 166-horsepowered and 155 lb-ft of torque engine, giving you a better boost in power and greater mileage (which, obviously, the entire point of driving a hybrid). Kia…
Attention Kia fans! Kia is planning to unveil an all new concept car at this September's Frankfurt Motor Show, in Germany.
To build a little excitement around the event, Kia went ahead and released some photographs online to tease interest. We have to say, it worked. Our interest is definitely piqued.
To sum up just how drop-dead gorgeous the new Kia concept is, let us just say, the editors at Top Gear admit to thinking it was a Maserati. And, others mistook it for an Audi.
The new concept isn't just proof that Kia can do "sexy". It…
In an effort to give city commuters better insight into which vehicles deliver the best driving experience in urban settings, the editors at Cars.com have developed a new "Top 10 Urban Cars" list. We are pleased to announce that two Kia models - the 2011 Kia Soul and 2011 Kia Forte Five-Door hatch - made the ranks, adding to the automaker's fast growing list of honors and accolades.
What were the Kia Soul and Kia Forte hatch up against? Fifty other autos, each of which was scrutinized for its length, visibility, fuel economy, side mirrors (in a city, folding is…
The milestone 300,000th vehicle to roll off Kia's vehicle assembly line at the Manufacturing Plant in West Point, Georgia, was a silver Kia Sorento SX. New customers can take advantage of this growth in production at Paul Cerame Kia, at 11655 New Halls Ferry, in Florissant, MO.
The only Kia North American plant opened in late 2009 to build the Sorento SUV, and quickly helped the struggling town become born again. Hundreds of jobs were created and industry came back to the region.
West Point has pumped itself up quickly: "after the first Sorento rolled off the line…
Kia is looking to "buff up" their image globally, in hopes to buff up sales figures.
Makers of the all new Kia Optima, which can be taken for a drive at Paul Cerame Kia of 11655 New Halls Ferry in Florissant, MO, are undergoing yet another facelift process - both with vehicles and their company.
The South Korean auto maker recently unveiled new models, like Optima, with more powerful engines and fiercer front grills.
Kia is also changing its image as an employer. The company provides lunch break soccer matches on three artificial-turf fields, dormitory lodging for unmarried employees, a company…
U.S. drivers have been taken by the award-winning Kia brand. We're not just saying that either. You can look at the numbers...demand keeps climbing to higher and higher plateaus and the plant in West Point, Georgia, is just about maxed out, in terms of production capacity. To ensure, the company does not fall behind consumer demand, Kia is planning an expansion.
Specifically, the Korean automaker is planning to grow four of the plant's primary shops, including: stamping, welding, painting, and general assembly. This will add approximately 1,000 jobs to the facility and raise annual production…
The weekend of April 9th proved very significant for Kia Motor's. In the Street Tuner class of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race in Birmingham, Alabama, Michael Galati and Nic Jönsson co-drove the No. 10 Infinity Audio Kia Forte Koup to the company's first motorsport win.
Co-driver Nic Jönsson paid homage to the entire Kia team, following the team's success. "It's nearly unheard of for a second-year racing program to stand on top of the podium, and today was a special day for Kia Motors and Kinetic Motorsports," he said. "It's…
Kia introduced its new 2012 Kia Soul at the 2011 New York Auto Show. The audience went wild.
On the exterior, the 2012 Kia Soul has been redefined by late-breaking projection-beam headlights accented with LED running lights and two new earthy-chic paint colors: Canyon and Moss. Inside, the range-topping Soul offers drivers a new hands-free connectivity system, UVO (co-developed with Microsoft), or an optional navigation system. This is the first time such features have been made available in the Soul!
we think you'll agree, however, that the most appealing update to the Kia Soul lies under the hood. Yes…
