SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Preorders for GM Korea‘s latest version of the Spark city car have topped 3,000 in less than three weeks since its media showcase, industry data showed Friday. On July 1, GM Korea, the local unit of U.S. carmaker General Motors, held a media event where it showcased the next-generation [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Wednesday that their models have won satisfaction awards from a U.S. automotive research company. Hyundai’s Sonata ranked No. 1 among different midsize sedan brands to win the AutoPacific Vehicle Satisfaction Award, and Kia’s Soul city car and the [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cars subject to safety-related recalls in South Korea jumped over 25 percent in the first half of 2015 as automakers tended to voluntarily recall vehicles suspected of possible defects, data showed Wednesday. Local and foreign automakers recalled 425,212 cars during the January-June period for safety-related defects, [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) – As GM Korea unveiled it’s first all new Chevrolet Spark in six years, the automobile market is expecting fierce competition in the compact car segment. GM Korea unveiled “The Next Spark” on July 1, and began taking preorders for the lightweight model. Deliveries of the new car are expected to [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors, the second largest automaker in Korea, began promoting its new brand campaign supporting and encouraging youth around the world who are afraid of driving. Kia announced on June 29 that it unveiled the video clip for its new “Gear Up” campaign in major countries including Korea, China [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the top 10 richest cities in 2025 in terms of GDP per capita, Hwaseong (4th), Asan (5th) and Yeosu (9th) in Korean were included in a report from McKinsey & Company. Recently, CNN Money posted a story titled “These cities will be very rich in 10 years”, quoting the study conducted by [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors, South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said Thursday it has been named the best among non-premium brands in a U.S. quality test this year. The automaker received the lowest tally of 86 points in the Initial Quality Study by J.D. Power and Associates, improving by 20 points from a [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors, South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said Tuesday that its cumulative exports will likely exceed 15 million units soon, a feat that comes four decades after it started to sell its cars in global markets. Kia Motors said in a press release that its cumulative exports stood at around [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Soul EV, an electric vehicle from Kia Motors, was named as the Alternative Energy City Car of the year by French journalists. According to the second largest carmaker in Korea, the Soul EV won the prize at the Prix Auto Environnement MAAF awards. Established in 2005, the prize [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies are rushing to step up their emergency response efforts to better protect their employees from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which is showing signs of a wide spread in South Korea. South Korea remains gripped by the potentially deadly disease that has claimed six lives so far [...]