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KIA have recently brought their best-selling family SUV bang-up-to-date with a radical new look that makes the 5th-generation Sportage a bit of a stunner both inside and out.
Taking design cues from the all-electric EV6, the new Sportage is striking from both front and rear with sharply contoured boomerang-like LEDs at the front and a swooping, fastback design … Read the rest
THE all-new Kia Sorento is the Korean manufacturer’s largest SUV and offers 7-seats and 4-wheel-drive as standard along with an impressive amount of space and comfort for larger families.
Kia like to keep things simple when it comes to trim levels, so you get just three, well-specified versions: ‘2’, ‘3’ and the range-topping ‘4’.
All three are available as a … Read the rest
APART from zero-emissions, low running-costs and an impressively serene driving-experience; what do most family-friendly electric vehicles have in common? Answer: a ridiculously long waiting-list . . .
Not so, the brand-new Soul EV which Kia have ensured is available in sufficient numbers to meet the growing demand for affordable Electric Vehicles in the UK.
But you ‘aint going to splash the … Read the rest
IF you’re looking for a family-sized electric vehicle that is both affordable and capable of clocking up many miles between charges, then you may have given up the search by now and gone for a hybrid instead.
However, Kia are about to change all that with the introduction of their all-electric e-Niro model which not only has a real-world range … Read the rest
IF you’re in the market for a large, family-friendly, hybrid vehicle but really don’t want to jump on the SUV bandwagon then Kia may have the answer in their recently face-lifted Optima Sportswagon PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle).
Now with a redesigned lower front bumper, with the addition of LED daytime running lights the Optima Sportswagon looks bang up-to-date. New diamond-cut 17in alloy wheels also … Read the rest
FIRST off, let’s get one thing straight: It’s Ceed, not cee’d anymore. Okay, the pronunciation is exactly the same but Kia have, quite rightly, decided that the original name could be a little confusing so they’ve dropped the apostrophe and capitalised.
And with a “snappier” name comes a snappier look – the new Ceed really has raised the bar for … Read the rest
WHEN Kia unveiled their GT concept back in 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show I (like most other motoring journalists) assumed that it would either: (a) never reach production looking like that or (b) reach production but fail entirely to be a viable alternative to offerings from BMW, Audi or Mercedes.
Six years later Kia revealed their “Gran Turismo” model … Read the rest
SMALLER than Kia’s best-selling Sportage model, the Stonic is an out-and-out B-Segment SUV which means it’s entering the fastest growing market out there. Sales of these compact SUVs is expected to exceed 2 million in Europe by 2020.
It had better be good then, with the likes of the Renault Captur, Ford EcoSport, SEAT Arona and Citroen C3 Aircross breathing … Read the rest
THE Kia Sorento is the South Korean company’s flagship offering and this 3rd generation SUV is bigger and bolder than what has gone before, now offering 7-seats as standard across the range and an interior to rival the more up-market brands.
The exterior is much improved too – which, to be honest, isn’t that difficult as the old Sorento … Read the rest