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Time to party… the Kia Rio has claimed the ‘Best Sub-100g/km Business Car’ title in the Business Car Manager Best Business Car Awards. Would you like a sausage on a stick to celebrate? Pineapple and cheese, perhaps ? To be precise, the Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics trim took the honours, although every Rio has low emissions. That is great news for the environment, and – as new cars are taxed on emissions – great for wallets too. More >

Who’d a thunk? A sub-compact economy car with heated steering wheel, navigation system, leather seats, navigation system, rear-view camera, power folding mirrors, push-button ignition with Smart Key and a host of other amenities usually reserved for luxury cars ? More >

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal named Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) as the state of Georgia’s large manufacturer of the year at the annual Georgia Manufacturing Appreciation Week awards luncheon. More >

“We’ll see about that” I pondered while boarding the plane to attend the South African launch of Kia’s new Optima. I was thinking back to a release they sent out late last year, bravely claiming that this new mid-sized sedan would literally “challenge German brands” on local soil. More >

The South Korean based automaker Kia has recently announced that the new generation of the Cee’d has entered production in Slovakia. More >

Korean automakers are selling a lot of cars in the U.S. these days.
For the first time ever, Kia sold more than 50-thousand units in March, and Hyundai sold almost 70-thousand. More >

Kia Motors will launch its first rear-wheel drive luxury sedan in early May in South Korea, as it seeks to go upmarket and challenge sibling Hyundai Motor’s Genesis and imported cars such as BMW’s 7 Series. More >

The all-new Kia Cee’d shares much with the 2012 Hyundai i30, but has a clean crisp style all of its own. The design and engineering has been done in Germany and as before the Cee’d is built in Slovakia. More >

Kia Motors Corp’s next-generation Rio topped Consumer Reports’ list of small cars on Thursday, beating out more popular rivals in the U.S. market, including Ford Motor Co’s Fiesta. More >

Both the main Kia plant and Daehan Solution in West Point have shut down operations for two days. Early Saturday, a  fire tore through Daehan Solution – halting production and leaving employees out of work. More >