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In addition to the cee’d gasoline hybrid Kia will also debut the Kia Soul hybrid at the Paris Motor Show.
The Soul Hybrid concept comes complete with a transparent bonnet and floor, so the new hybrid powertrain and battery pack can be viewed by show visitors.
This Soul features a 1.6-litre gasoline engine, mated to a 15 kW, 105 Nm electric motor, Kia´s own CVT (continuously variable transmission), ISG and ‘regenerative braking´ to re-charge its power pack.
Continue to read: Paris preview: Kia Soul hybrid
Kia will present two models at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. First one is the Kia Soul that we have covered from spy shots to official photos.
In addition to the Soul, Kia will unveil its first hybrid vehicle. The company plans to present a gasoline-electric powered prototype, based on five door cee’d hatchback. The cee’d hybrid car is still in the stage of development and testing, so it’s full production run is not projected to start before the 2010.
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We were the first to show you the interior of the KIA Soul test car. Now finally Kia has released official images of the Soul interior.
The pictures that our spy photographer got gave almost as much information. Kia has not revealed what will we find in the dash. In addition to the new images Kia also revealed engine details and how much real space Soul has.
Continue to read: Official pictures: Kia Soul interior
Another day, another location and the same car. Kia Ceed Plus spied again wearing heavy camouflage showing us the white paint job. This time the car also has custom wheels and the grill has more camouflage. Rest of the camouflage seems to be the same as on the one spotted yesterday.
Definetely the lime green Kia Ceed spotted yesterday looked a lot better even though it had the cheapest rims available.
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We have showed you different pictures of the Kia Soul. Kia Soul will come to US showrooms in April of 2009. Engine choises include two four-cylinder gasoline engines: a 1.6-liter and a 2.0-liter. European models will get the 1.6-liter gasoline and 1.6-liter diesel engine.
So we know how it looks outside, but so far there have been no pictures on how it will look inside. Here we have first pictures if the Kia Soul interior taken in Germany. It looks nice and simple. It is hard to tell is there a small luggage in the center like on Subaru Forrester’s or perhaps navi pops out from there. Also looking at the spedometer and the steering wheel it looks to be hard to see your speed if you are a taller person.
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We already have showed you production ready KIA Soul undisguised in Death Valley. It is a funky little car. A car with that kind of style should have a good selection of colors to choose from.
Buyers will be able to select between several different colors. Some of them are definitely striking and surprisingly attractive. The eleven-color palette includes Green Tea Latte, Cocktail Orange, Java Brown, Tomato Red, Blue Stone, and Moonlight Blue. Other colors offered are Black Soul, Clear White, Titanium Silver, Vanilla Shake and Bright Silver.
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Kia is full of surprises. They just introduced the Forte in South-Korea. And now they have a Plus version of Ceed coming to compete with the upcoming Golf Plus.
To us Kia Ceed has a very nice design inside and outside. From the pictures we can tell that the Plus version will definetely continue Kia’s current line. Especially with that lime green color.
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Kia has finally debuted it’s all-new Forte sedan today. The Forte is a very important vehicle for Kia Motors. It was developed not only to succeed it’s best selling Kia model (Spectra/Cerato), but also to show the world that Kia is capable of building good, quality and attractive cars at the same time.
The costs of Forte development exceeded $200 million and it took the company 29 months to to bring the car from the paper to the showrooms. This year, Kia plans to sell 20,000 units on it’s home market and export about 10,000 units. The Forte will be exported to Eastern Europe, Asia and South America, as well as to Australia and USA.
Continue to read: Kia Forte first pictures and details emerge
Beginning of the August we brought you spy photos of the 2010 Kia Sorento from hot weather testing in Death Valley.
At that time the car had a very heavy camouflage. This time we have pictures from the tests in Germany. It still has a quit heavy camouflage on, but some parts like the front is clearer and the side mirrors have no disguise.
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On wednesday we brought you spy photos of the new 2010 Kia Sorento. Here we have newest pictures of Kia Soul spied undisguised doing hot weather testing in Death Valley.
In Europe Soul will get the 2.0-liter diesel engine, with the gasoline 1.6-liter offered there as well.
The road-going hatch will debut at the Paris auto show this fall.
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Our spy photographer in Death Valley spotted the replacement for the current KIA Sorento. Even though the car had heavy camouflage it has the similar body shape as the current Sorento.
It looks to be a little bigger though. Most likely KIA’s updated 3.6 will be available. Surely diesel will be offered. Not sure will it also be offered in the States.
Production of the new Sorento will start next year in Georgia at KIA’s first plant in US:
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This here is the KIA VG prototype, spied in the Death Valley. The car shares the platform with the next Hyundai Azera. It is KIA’s first luxury sedan. Kia VG is expected to be a front wheel drive vehicle.
Power will most likely come from either a 3.8L Lambda V6 engine or a more powerful 4.6 V8 Tau engine.
New Kia sedan should go on sale second half of 2009.
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The Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group has entered the top five of the world’s largest automakers, moving from 11th place in 1999 to 5th place in 2007, out-selling rivals such as Honda, Nissan, PSA / Peugeot, Chrysler and Fiat.
With global sales of 3,961,629, Hyundai-Kia has shot up six places in just eight years, according to Automotive News’ 2008 Global Data Book.
Continue to read: Hyundai-Kia joins the ranks of top five automakers
The very first details and pictures of the production Kia Forte are out and it looks like that the appearance of much anticipated Kia sedan is going to be close to the Kia KOUP concept.
The highly acclaimed KOUP concept previewed the design direction Kia cars will take in the near future and the Forte clearly follows that direction.
Continue to read: Pictures and first details on Kia Forte
Kia Motors Corporation has confirmed that its all-new production model will retain the spirit and name of the SOUL concept cars shown earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, and the first SOUL concept debuted at the 2006 North American International Auto Show.
As well as confirming the name, Kia has released the first official photograph of the production car, which will be called the ‘Kia Soul’.
Continue to read: Kia confirms production of Soul
SEOUL, South Korea — May 6, 2008 — Today, Microsoft Corp. and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group (HKAG) entered into a long-term agreement to co-develop the next generation of in-car infotainment systems.
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and Mongku Chung, chairman of HKAG, were present as Martin Thall, general manager of Microsoft’s Automotive Business Unit, and Hyun Soon Lee, president and chief technology officer of HKAG, signed the agreement in Seoul.
Together, Microsoft and HKAG will deliver new and innovative solutions based on the Microsoft Auto software platform, bringing the future of in-car technology to Hyundai-Kia drivers worldwide.
Continue to read: Microsoft In-Car Infotainment systems coming to Kia & Hyundai vehicles
Illustrating the shape and evolution of future Kia vehicles, the simple yet bold and aggressive KOUP exterior is complemented by its realistic and sleek interior design.
Originating from the Kia Motors America Design Center in Irvine, Calif., the KOUP concept embodies Kia’s philosophy of “Exciting and Enabling” with its balanced proportions and fluid design set to evoke an emotional driving experience.
Continue to read: New York 2008: Kia KOUP Concept
