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    KBB hands out inaugural Total Cost of Ownership awards to Kia, Audi
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    Kia has taken home the first ever Kelley Blue Book award for Total Cost of Ownership among consumer brands. As you might expect, the award goes to brands and vehicles with the lowest projected ownership costs. KBB examines depreciation, fuel costs, fees associated with finance and insurance, ...

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    Followup: Kia disavows sexy cartoon ads
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    Kia is putting some distance between itself and the racy ads for the company's dual-zone climate control on the Sportage. According to the automaker, the sultry print ads were penned by the Brazilian ad agency Moma. Apparently, Kia Motors America has no business relationship with the company and ...

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    Official: 2012 Kia Sorento gets 2.4L GDI engine, UVO infotainment
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    The 2012 Kia Sorento will be available with the company's hands-free UVO infotainment system, and its brand-spanking-new GDI direct-injection four-cylinder engine. With those new features, the big Kia crossover can really dance with the big guns from the likes of Ford. Other available options ...

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    First Drive: 2011 Kia Sportage SX
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    Turbocharging Adds Welcome Spice To This Handsome Soft-Roader

    2011 Kia Sportage SX - Click above for high-res image gallery
    There's no replacement for displacement. Ask any man or woman who dined on the muscle cars that Detroit was serving in the '50s and '60s, and they'll tell you to always ...

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    2011 Kia Sportage SX Turbo packs 256 hp, priced from $25,795
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    2011 Kia Sportage SX Turbo - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Kia has dropped all the juicy details on its 2011 Sportage SX Turbo. The vehicle will hit the streets with a 256-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that's also good for 264 pound-feet of torque. That makes ...

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    Kia Sportage tops small CUVs in Consumer Reports test
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    2011 Kia Sportage - Click above for high-res image gallery
    The 2011 Kia Sportage beat out both the Nissan Juke and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport in a recent CUV shootout conducted by Consumer Reports. According to CR, Kia has managed to more effectively straddle the line between a full-on SUV and ...

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    Kia Sportage with turbo engine debuts in Canada
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    The 2011 International Truck of the Year has an all new available engine under the hood. Canadian Kia fans can soon head over to dealers and pick up the 2011 Kia Sportage SX, which features a direct-injected 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. We expect the U.S. to follow suit in very ...

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    Hyundai Sonata, Kia Sportage win International Car and Truck of the Year Awards
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    The International Car and Truck of the Year award is determined by 12 judges and handed out at the Detroit Auto Show. Established in 1996, the award is given to "the most emotionally compelling international car and truck for the new model year." The latest recipients of the award are the 2011 ...

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    SEMA 2010: Kia mixes business and pleasure with pair of Sportage concepts
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    Kia Sportage "Work" concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    It's not always easy to mix business with pleasure, and because of that, Kia has teamed up with the folks at Antenna magazine to create two custom Sportages – one for work, one for play. Together, Kia calls this pair ...

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    Kia reports record third-quarter profit
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    In spite of a ridiculous 247WallStreet.com article that simply will not die, Kia appears to be doing anything but going out of business. Hyundai's "weakest brand," as it was called, just posted a 66 percent increase in profit for Q3. Kia's home market sales, in South Korea, rose by 25 percent, ...

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    Review: 2011 Kia Sportage
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    Another Korean Competitor That Beats Expectations

    2011 Kia Sportage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Kia likes to say it has the Power to Surprise. Back in the day (oh, five or so years ago...), the Korean automaker's customers were supposed to be pleasantly surprised that their ...

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    2011 Kia Sportage bags IIHS 'Top Safety Pick'
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    2011 Kia Sportage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    When it comes to the 2011 Kia Sportage, there's a lot to talk about. From where we sit, it's one of the best-looking compact crossovers on the market, it's reasonably priced (starting below $20,000) and as we found out in our first ...

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    Kia Rondo discontinued in U.S. market with nary a whimper?
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    2010 Kia Rondo – Click above for high-res image gallery
    "Thank you for inquiring about the Rondo. As the saying goes, 'all good things must come to an end.' But with endings, come new beginnings..." That's the message visitors receive when they attempt to learn about the 2010 Kia Rondo ...

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    2011 Kia Sportage to start at $18,295*
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    2011 Kia Sportage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The 2011 Kia Sportage is one great-looking crossover, and with a starting price of $18,295 (*$18,990 with destination) it's rather affordable as well. Kia announced Tuesday that its longest running nameplate will start well below ...

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    First Drive: 2011 Kia Sportage keeps moving in the proper direction
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    2011 Kia Sportage – click above for high-res image gallery
    The crossover is the high-fructose corn syrup of the automotive world. Think about it: Rather than using real sugar, Pepsi opts for a cheaper, highly refined and processed sweetener. Which, according to lots of studies, is pretty ...

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    New York 2010: Kia's 2011 Sportage comes to America
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    2011 Kia Sportage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The original Kia Sportage was one of the vehicles that led the Korean automaker's initial charge into the American market. Those early SUVs (they were body-on-frame back then) were inexpensive and honest, but that's about the best ...

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    Geneva 2010: Kia Sportage makes world debut, looks good
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    2011 Kia Sportage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    What do you think of when you hear the phrase "Longer, lower, wider, more spacious?" You probably didn't think of the 2011 Kia Sportage, but you should, because it has all of that on top of a phalanx of powertrain and accessorizing ...

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    Geneva Preview: 2011 Kia Sportage gets stylish new duds
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    2011 Kia Sportage – Click above for high-res image gallery
    When Kia introduced the original Sportage in North America in the early 1990s, the best thing it had going for it was a low-ball price. There was nothing particularly compelling about the way it looked or drove, though it was at ...

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    European Registry pulls wraps off 2011 Kia Sportage?
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    2011 Kia Sportage renderings – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The European Registry must be a bigger thorn in the side of automakers than the likes of Brenda Priddy and her minions. After all, the new-vehicle images the Registry keeps in its database are devoid of camouflage, and ...

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    Kia to reveal facelifted Sportage in London
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    As much as we would like the new vehicle that Kia plans to unveil at the British Motor Show to be the production version of its KOUP concept car, that doesn't seem all that likely. Instead, it appears that Kia has something rather less exciting in store. According to Auto Express, a revised ...

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