Kia is launching a few new and interesting products this year, including the new Soul. They call it an urban passenger vehicle, we call it a cute-ute. Targeting a young and young-at-heart clientele, the Soul is a compact five-passenger trucklet that is available in five trim levels and offers a long list of standard features and accessories to personalize it.
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City models top choice as thousands of drivers sign up, seeing Hyundai and Kia sales surge
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Kia plans to invest 110.5 million euros into building a new engine plant in Slovakia, a government document says. The document, posted on the government Web page, said the company had applied for a tax break worth 15 million euros for the plan.
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Kia Motors is looking to construct an engine plant in Slovakia, according to reports. It is thought the investment will total EUR110.5m.
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Kia Motors Europe has appointed Paul Philpott as chief operating officer following a major re-organisation of the Korean company's European head office under president Sun-Young Kim.
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Former Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. executive Paul Philpott will be the new chief operating officer of Kia's European operations starting in August.
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Best shots yet reveal innovative MPV's interior for first time.
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Hyundai and Kia - both part of Hyundai Motor - have said they will speed up platform sharing to cut research and development costs and improve HM's competitiveness.
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Kia's new car sales in western Europe increased "significantly" in April, with major improvements in eight countries, the company has said.
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PSA Peugeot Citroen has said it plans to increase its Slovak plant's daily production due to higher demand for small cars - especially the just launched C3 Picasso - in Western Europe.
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Hyundai affiliate Kia Motors expects 2009 sales to match 2008's volume as demand grows for smaller cars, its president said on Tuesday.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen wants to boost production at its factory in Trnava, Slovakia, to keep up with strong demand for the new Citroen C3 Picasso small minivan.
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Kia Motors, South Korea's No.2 automaker, aims to sell as many vehicles in 2009 as last year on growing demand for smaller cars, its president Chung Eui-sun said on Tuesday.
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Industrial output in Slovakia slumped 18% in March compared with the same month last year, but slowed from the 25.6% fall in February, according to official data from the country's statistics office. The February data was also revised down from the previously announced 28.2%.
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European debut for three Land Rovers, a hot Kia Cee'd and more...
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There was a time when it was laughable to think a contender in North America's tough compact car market would have come from Korea. Kia's only been selling cars here for 10 years, but progress evidenced by their product expansion and competitiveness is arguably impressive. In fact, they've been out-performing much of the industry all spring.
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There was a time when it was laughable to think a contender in North America's tough compact car market would have come from Korea. Kia's only been selling cars here for 10 years, but progress evidenced by their product expansion and competitiveness is arguably impressive. In fact, they've been out-performing much of the industry all spring.
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Chrysler explorations of potential joint ventures before reaching last week's alliance deal with Fiat got as far as an initial agreement to rebadge a Kia vehicle as a Dodge for US sale, a Chrysler official has said.
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(SEOUL) May 4, 2009 - Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced the 2010 Kia Soul urban passenger vehicle has been named 'Best Value' in the Writer's Choice Awards for the 2009 Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) Spring Challenge. One of only seven vehicles honored in this year's list, Soul was chosen for its smart combination of attractive pricing, long list of accessories and standard safety features.
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