SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, launched the all-new Sportage SUV in the domestic market Tuesday to meet rising demand for the vehicle type. The new Sportage comes with a 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline hybrid engine, a 1.6 turbocharged gasoline engine or a 2.0 diesel engine, the company said in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic tech companies and automobile manufacturers are either releasing new systems or widening access to previously exclusive technology, with the race to establish control over the nascent “connected car” market heating up. Also referred to as futuristic vehicle information service or infotainment service, these systems entail the application [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors unveiled rendered images of the fourth generation of its Sportage model on August 17. With design keywords “Sporty and Powerful Energy”, Kia realized more a powerful and innovative SUV style in its design based on creative structure and plentiful volume, compared to the existing model. Kia describes its [...]
IRVINE, Calif., June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality Study (IQS) has ranked the Kia Sportage and Kia Cadenza as leaders in the Small SUV and Large Car segments, respectively. Furthermore, Kia has moved up four positions over last year’s IQS ranking and now stands at number six (in a tie) in [...]