Category: Kia

The new Kia Optima is set to challenge the top of the premium mid-size car category with its all new version due out by the end of the year. The Optima is arguably one strikingly gorgeous cars in the class. It looks upscale, elegant, sporty and highly desirable.

It's not everyday you have the chance to visit a brand spanking new automotive assembly plant, but the new Kia plant in western Georgia (USA, not Eastern Europe) is the latest "transplant" to begin producing new vehicles. Kia began producing the all-new 2011 Kia Sorento in small volumes in Fall, 2009 right on schedule. Full production begins in mid-November.

The 2011 Kia Sorento is all-new, meaning it has practically no relationship to its predecessor. All the part numbers are different. It is now based on a front wheel drive, unit body platform shared with the next generation Hyundai Santa Fe.

Kia replaces Spectra with Forte, growing up in the transition.

Kia replaces Spectra with Forte, growing up in the transition.

Congratulations to 2009 Kia Sportage, winning the 2009 AutoPacific Ideal Vehicle Award in the Compact Crossover SUV segment.

Kia's 2009 Sportage wins AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award for Compact CUV

Kia's 2009 Sportage wins AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award for Compact CUV

Our first drive of the 2009 Kia Borrego. Kia tackles mid-sized trucklike SUV at just the wrong time, but with just the right product.

Not only has Kia improved its image, it has reinvented itself with vehicles like the Sorento. Owners rallied around the Sorento, commending its passenger room, visibility and interior storage in awarding the vehicle a 2008 Ideal Vehicle Award in the Mid-Size Sport Utility segment.

A vehicle still true to its off-road-capable lineage, the Jeep Liberty is no poser. Owners granted it the 2008 Ideal Vehicle Award in the Mid-Size Sport Utility Vehicle category, with highly rated safety features, technology, seat firmness and interior lighting. The Liberty also scored very well in exterior size and passenger room.