SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors unveiled its first hybrid subcompact sports utility vehicle “Niro” at the Chicago Auto Show on Thursday, the company said. The Niro is the first South Korean-made “green” SUV. Its name was coined by combining the words “near zero” emissions and “hero.” Niro’s concept was first presented at [...]
SEJONG, Jan.18 (Korea Bizwire) – With oil prices reaching all-time lows, the daily habits of Koreans are changing. The number of people traveling abroad or buying large vehicles such as SUVs is increasing. People are also choosing to drive to work instead of taking public transportation. The number of people enjoying overseas travel is increasing. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) - The Creta, a small SUV made by Hyundai Motor Co., has been named the Indian Car of the Year 2016 thanks to its strong popularity in the world’s No. 4 car market, Hyundai said Sunday. The Creta, which was rolled out in July, out rivaled 12 other models,including Honda’s Jazz, in seven categories such as sales records, price, performance, fuel efficiency and safety, said Hyundai, South Korea’s top automaker. The Creta crossover SUV is the fourth Hyundai model [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) - Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. will likely see sales of their major SUV models exceed 100,000 units in Europe this year, industry data showed Wednesday. According to the data, Hyundai Motor sold 95,669 units of the Tucson SUV in Europe during the January-October period, while [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Creta, a small SUV launched in India last month by Hyundai Motor, has become the best-selling model in its segment in the world’s No. 4 car market, industry data showed Tuesday. A total of 6,783 Cretas were sold in India in July, the highest number among the 23 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — GM Korea Co., the local unit of U.S. carmaker General Motors Co., plans to launch the diesel version of its Chevrolet Trax crossover SUV in September, industry sources said Tuesday. The new model will likely intensify competition in the small-sized SUV market, which has been expanding at a fast [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical and battery maker, said Sunday that it has signed a deal to supply electric vehicle batteries to a major SUV company in China. Under the deal signed with Great Wall Motor, LG Chem will supply batteries for plug-in electric SUV models that [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Land Rover’s new Discovery Sport model has seen its number of pre-orders reach more than 1,000. Jaguar Land Rover Korea said that the company has been accepting pre-orders since December of last year, and that delivery would take four to six months for customers who place orders now, at the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Ssangyong Motor Co. started exporting its Tivoli sport utility vehicle on Tuesday as it hopes to repeat its strong performance here in overseas markets, industry sources said. Ssangyong Motor began shipments of the Tivoli SUV toward Europe and Latin American countries, with more than 2,000 units bound for the [...]