2022 Kia Sorento Overview
Photo: Kia After receiving a redesign for the 2021 model year, the Kia Sorento has been praised for its exceptional style, commendable capability, and long list of standard features. For…
Kia Reveals New GT Trims and Pricing for 2020 Forte
Kia debuted two new sport trims for the 2020 Forte Photo: Kia The definition of the word “forte” is simply “a thing at which someone excels.” When it comes to…
Kia Used Its Super Bowl Ad Money to Fund Scholarships Instead
Kia decided against spending millions on advertising to do some good Photo: Kia In February, CBS charged a record $5.25 million for a 30-second commercial during Super Bowl LII. Brands…
Hyundai-Kia Tech Center Tests Wireless EV Charging
The Kia Soul EV will be the guinea pig for the Hyundai-Kia wireless charging technology Charging stations might soon be a thing of the past. Hyundai and Kia are currently…
2018 Kia Niro and Optima Hybrid Named to US News List of Best Hybrids
2018 Kia Niro If you’ve thought about making the switch to a more eco-friendly way of driving, odds are the word “hybrid” has flashed before your eyes. And there’s never…
Kia Set to Launch The Great Unknowns Scholarship
Kia Motors Teases Super Bowl Campaign with Launch of “The Great Unknowns Scholarship” Kia is trying to shake things up for the Super Bowl this year by giving us a…
Kia Super Bowl Commercial with Pierce Brosnan Revealed
Former Bond star Pierce Brosnan in “action-mode” in the clever new Kia Super Bowl ad If fans were up in arms about James Bond driving a Fiat, how will they…
Kia GT Concept Production Delayed Until 2017
The Kia GT4 Stinger will likely join the production version of the Kia GT in 2017 When the Kia GT concept car debuted in 2011, the industry couldn’t wait for…
Interior Excellence Earns Kia Stinger Spot on Autotrader’s 2018 10 Best Car Interiors List
2018 Kia Stinger GT Ample interior space crafted with quality materials and stylish details lands the Kia Stinger on Autotrader’s 2018 Best Car Interiors under $50,000 list. “What’s on the…
New Kia Rio Model Might Boast GT Badge
Kia is looking to introduce a Kia Rio hot hatch that is sure to impress consumers everywhere The compact hot hatch segment is about to get even more competitive. Rumors…
All-New Kia “Masterpiece” SUV Concept Revealed at 2019 Seoul Motor Show
Kia Global Brand Ambassadors BLACKPINK with Han Woo Park, President and CEO of Kia Motors Photo: Kia Motors Kia has been hard at work creating and unveiling concepts as of…
Vincentric Names 2015 Kia Soul EV Best Value in America
2015 Kia Soul EV Vincentric, the automotive industry’s leading source of cost-of-ownership data and analysis, has recently awarded the 2015 Kia Soul EV with the 2015 Vincentric “Best Value in…
Kia Earns the Most 2021 J.D. Power Initial Quality Awards
2021 Kia Forte GT Photo: Kia Each year, J.D. Power asks consumers to provide responses about vehicles from various brands to get insights into the automotive industry. This year, the…
Kia Seltos Makes the Wards 10 Best User Experience List
Photo: Kia Since debuting in January, Kia has reported 18,582 units sold of the all-new Seltos SUV. Other than a slight dip after the COVID-19 pandemic started, sales numbers have…
DUB-Restyled Kia K900 and Stinger GT to Make Stunning Appearance at SEMA
The 2019 Kia Stinger GT redesigned by DUB will debut tomorrow at the 2018 SEMA Show in Las Vegas Photo: Kia The Kia K900 and Stinger are already attention-getting vehicles.…
2018 June Global Sales for Kia Motors Marks Increase Over 2017
Photo: Kia June marks the fourth consecutive month of 2018 that Kia Motors has posted an increase in sales when compared to last year’s data. Global sales of passenger cars,…
Kia Skips Superbowl LV Ad to “Accelerate the Good”
Kia is focusing on small town football this year In recent years, Kia has lost its taste for spending millions on 30- and 60-second spots during football’s biggest game of…
Kia 2021 CEO Investor Day Focuses on Electrifying Details
President and CEO Ho Sung Song virtually presents Kia’s future plans Photo: Kia Although it was held virtually from Seoul, South Korea, the 2021 Kia CEO Investor Day didn’t differ…
2020 Kia Niro Overview
2020 Kia Niro Photo: Kia The Niro was Kia’s first dedicated hybrid vehicle and debuted in 2016 at the Chicago Auto Show. Since then, the automaker hasn’t changed much to…
Kia Set on Introducing New Performance-Oriented Lineup
Kia is looking to introduce more performance-oriented models, like a sedan based on the Kia GT Concept (above) Kia is known mostly for offering luxurious features at an affordable price—it…
It’s Official: Texas Loves the Kia Telluride
2020 Kia Telluride Photo: Kia Everything’s bigger in Texas, especially the amount of love for the 2020 Kia Telluride. The all-new vehicle was named “CUV of Texas” by members of…
2016 Kia Forte Overview
The Kia Forte is a force to be reckoned with in the compact car segment, and the 2016 model is no exception. With a stylish exterior, comfortable interior, and a…
Kia Dealer Talks Crap About Kia Soul EV
The 2015 Kia Soul EV, which is “good neither for your pocketbook, nor the environment” It’s not unusual to hear someone badmouth Kia, but it is a bit odd when…
Kia Soul EV Announced, to Arrive in U.S. for 2014
Kia, riding a wave of popularity among U.S. car buyers, is ready to dive into the electric vehicle market with an all-electric variant of the Korean automaker’s incredibly popular Soul. …
Kia Soul EV Named MotorWeek's Best Eco-Friendly Vehicle
The 2015 Kia Soul EV, seen here being charged by a hamster The 2015 Kia Soul EV crossover has been awarded the title of Best Eco-Friendly Vehicle at the 34th…
2021 Kia Sportage Overview
2021 Kia Sportage Photo: Kia Rumors have been circulating via spy footage that the 2022 Sportage is next in line to receive the Kia “redesign treatment” similar to the Sorento…
2017 Kia Niro Production Model Electrifies 2016 Chicago Auto Show
The 2017 Kia Niro combines athletic styling with a hybrid powertrain Despite the demand for fuel-efficient crossovers in the industry, when a carmaker introduces a hybrid crossover/SUV, it tends to…
Kia Considers Niro EV to Reduce Overall Emissions
The Niro Hybrid could soon offer an all-electric powertrain Kia has been making an effort to go green recently, and it doesn’t look like that’s going to stop anytime soon.…
Another Amazon Partnership: Charging Solutions for Electric Kia Vehicles
2019 Kia Niro PHEV Photo: Kia Let’s be real — Jeff Bezos likes money. The Amazon founder, chairman, CEO, and President (that’s a lot of titles…) is estimated to be…
Partying with Hamsters and Kia at NAIAS
Right now, The News Wheel is prowling the floor of NAIAS with a serious journalistic mission in mind: where’s the party? I think we may have just found it here…
Nerdy Hamsters Dance in New Kia Soul EV Commercial
The hilarious hamsters are up to their hip-hop hijinks once again, but this time the trio of Kia’s crunking critters are dancing in a new Kia Soul EV commercial (at…
2022 Kia Stinger Overview
2022 Kia Stinger GT-Line and GT Photo: Kia Although the official debut of the 2022 Stinger was somewhat deflated by a handful of eager Kia dealers, the updated model is…
Kia Asks For Re-Do, Gets Better Safety Ratings for Soul and Forte
The 2015 Kia Soul, rekt Like a child who keeps missing the basketball hoop during a game of H-O-R-S-E, Kia has asked for a re-do, and the move has paid…
Pricing Revealed for 2019 Kia Niro EV
Photo: Kia Motors The 2019 Kia Niro EV now has a price tag — one that’s a bit steeper than the Kona EV, its cousin from Hyundai. The Niro EV’s…
Kia Takes Home Best Buy Awards for the Rio and Soul
Kia was recently awarded two 2019 Consumer Guide Automotive Best Buy Awards for the Rio and Soul. These two subcompact vehicles offer superior pricing for the features and tech options…
Kia Uses Kia Soul EVs for New Fast-Charging Wireless System
2018 Kia Soul A three-year project aimed to further advance the technology of electric vehicles has come to an end with promising results. Learn More: Why you should buy a…
Kia Telluride Takes Home 3 More Awards in Nov. and Dec.
2022 Kia Telluride Photo: Kia It’s no secret that the Kia Telluride has done exceptionally well since it debuted. The large SUV has been winning awards left and right for…
Kia Introduces Completely Transformed 2023 Sportage
Photo: Kia As many of Kia’s vehicles were receiving similar visual updates in the last year or so, I had been wondering when the Sportage would get a much-needed upgrade.…
2019 Updates Look Good on Kia Sedona and Optima at New York International Auto Show
2019 Kia Sedona Photo: Kia Sporting refreshed looks, updated tech, and advanced safety features, the 2019 Kia Sedona and 2019 Kia Optima made bold impressions at the 2018 New York…
2017 Kia Sportage Overview
The 2017 model year marks the beginning of the fourth-generation of the Kia Sportage compact crossover. The 2017 Sportage offers a couple of four-cylinder engine choices and it comes with an…
Kia Reveals Full Melissa McCarthy Super Bowl Ad Ahead of Sunday’s Game
Melissa McCarthy makes her debut in the Kia Super Bowl ad “Hero’s Journey” As we previously mentioned at The News Wheel, Kia was the first among automakers to announce that…
All-New Kia K5 to Star in Livestreamed Marketing Campaign
2021 Kia K5 GT Photo: Kia Following the debut of the new K5 sport sedan, Kia is taking its marketing to the next level. Teaming up with the 72nd Emmy…
Kia Enjoys Record March Sales
The 2015 Kia Optima, which proved to be the brand’s best-selling car this past month Kia Motors America (KMA) just had its best March ever, selling a record 58,771 vehicles…
Surprise: The 2015 Kia Soul EV Looks Like a Regular Kia Soul
Today, at the conclusion of Kia’s press conference at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, the automaker at last revealed the next step in their EV evolution: the 2015 Kia Soul…
February Kia Sales: King James Down, James Bond Up
Pierce Brosnan starred in Kia’s Super Bowl ad for the 2016 Sorento February sales figures for Kia Motors America have been released, with the Korean automaker reporting total sales of…
Kia Celebrates Soul EV Oregon Sales with 2015 Plug & Pinot Event
Kia is planning to go greener than ever before. After recently announcing that it will be expanding the availability of the Soul EV, the South Korean carmaker has decided to celebrate.…
[Photos] 2020 Kia Niro Updates Revealed at LA Auto Show
The 2020 Niro received some minor exterior and interior updates Photo: Kia The Kia Niro made its official debut in 2016 at the Chicago Auto Show and has since been…
Kia Niro and Soul EV Are Both Worth the Wait
We’ve been covering a lot of news about electric cars recently, and that’s because we are on the verge of a huge boom in the market of EVs coming from…
Kia Reveals KND-7 Concept This Week at 2014 CES
The 1.6-liter GDI turbocharged engine of the KND-7 can produce 201 horsepower. Earlier this month at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Kia unveiled its sharp-looking…
KBB.com Names 2017 Kia Soul on Coolest Cars List
The 2017 Kia Soul Since its inception in 2009, the Kia Soul has been a hit with drivers of all ages and backgrounds. With its funky exterior design and fun-to-drive…
