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Kia Launches in India

Kia Motors is making its way to the Indian car market. After a long success run in Korea and North America, the still-new car maker is going to tackle one of the most overly populated areas of the world.

Kia is the second largest carmaker in its own country, delivering a growth of 28% in the last month with a sale of 19,08,096 units. India's market will be mostly looking for economy…
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Kia Works With eBay to Sell Cars Online

Kia Motors is going to try selling new cars on eBay Motors. eBay says South Korea's Kia is "the major automaker to create a nationwide selling place in eBay." Other car companies experimented with selling cars on eBay, for example GM, but it was a regional test only - this would go nationwide.

Kia will get its own online "storefront" and will market new Kia vehicles through 345 dealers, about half of all Kia dealers…
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Kia Forte Koup Type R

In the past, many luxury sports car makers have used the 'R' badge to designate high-performance versions of their vehicles. Following that lead, Kia is exploring the future production of visually appealing body kit upgrades. At the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, the Korean auto maker unveiled the Kia Forte Type R Concept.

Joining forces once again with Kinetic Motorsports (which also worked on the Kia Forte Hybrid Concept), Kia took their all new…
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Kia Sportage Inexpensive to Insure

The Kia Sportage has become one of the most inexpensive vehicles to insure in the U.S. today.

The 2010 Kia Sportage was named one of the top ten SUVs and Crossovers to have the lower interest expanse in 2010. Edmunds.com gave Kia this rating based on a five-year projection on insurance costs.

Edmunds.com also helps customers decide which vehicle will fit into their budget for insurance costs.

They also provide new and used automobile pricing quides, which they have been doing since 166. Edmunds.com launched their first automotive guide online in 1995.

Currently, Edmunds.com provides…
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Kia Reports Having Their Best Quarter Ever

2010's second quarter has been excellent for Kia's 18 year history. They reached a new sales record after their strong June results. Kia sold 93,373 vehicles in one quarter, a best for the Korean auto maker.

Currently this year, Kia has sold 33,467 of their newest Forte model. 7,467 of those sales were made in June. These numbers should not be surprising, given the awards and accolades the Forte has received.

This is what a Massachusetts dealer has to say:
"Kia has shined in this time of adversity," said James Lewis, General Manager of Quirk…
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Kia Soul Updated Ignition Special Edition

Kia's got a lot of Soul, and in 2010 the car maker has come out with an updated version of the Soul. The 2010 Kia Soul won't be receiving much of a lift int he engine this Summer, but it will get its Ignition pumped up.

Kia's Soul claimed its spot in pop culture with the Hamster driving music video from 2009's Super Bowl ads. Since then, the small, sporty and affordable hatchback has shot off dealer lots and has fans all over the internet buzzing about it.

The special-edition Ignition Souls are factory customs with…
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