Just over a month ago, Kia presented the K900 model at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which is its ticket to the premium vehicle class.
Kia has produced an attractive study of a 2+2 sports coupe, which could well shake up the cards on the coupe market in the next few years.
Kia has given a cosmetic makeover to its best-selling model in Europe and the third best-selling SUV in the C-segment. In our country, almost every fourth example is a Sportage.
Kia made huge strides against stiff European competition years ago, and the sales numbers followed suit. Now, in the second round, it is much more difficult to shock, because the element of surprise is gone. Despite this, the pro_cee`d has many advantages, among which the attractive design, the quality of the materials, and the ratio between the price and the product obtained. Lack of motorization and advanced technology.
Under the name Sorento, most people already know the biggest SUV of the fast-growing Korean brand Kia, which is preparing the third generation of this model for the fall. This has grown and in terms of dimensions approached the premium competition among medium-sized SUVs, and accordingly got more powerful engines, and more equipment and advanced technology inside.
Carens of the first generation offered quite a lot for what was invested, but despite everything, it lagged behind the fierce European competition both in terms of external appearance, as well as in terms of interior space and content. These are precisely the aspects that Kia's experts tackled with a great deal of enthusiasm when changing the model and, judging by what we saw and drove, successfully.
At the end of October, Kia will present the electric Soul to the Slovenian public, which is also the first electric model of this brand available on the old continent. Despite the fact that it has a range of 200 hp and a price below 30 thousand, the importer will not market it yet, as they are waiting for the arrival of competition and the development of the infrastructure. We were the first to drive him through the streets of Ljubljana.
In recent years, smaller SUVs have literally gone "for honey", but despite this, Kia's soul is still considered a true exotic. With the cosmetic renovation, they want to bring one of the first crossovers in the segment closer to a wider target audience, in many respects, as well as set new trends. The latter comes at the expense of the electric drive, which Kia and Soul are the first to offer.
Kia presented its Sportspace concept in flesh and blood at the Geneva Motor Show. It is a sport-oriented sedan that is made for long drives and weekend trips. It offers plenty of comfort, fast and stress-free travel, and all of it is packaged in an attractive design that will make drivers and passengers in other cars jealous already in a year and a half, when it rolls out of the factories.
Kia Sorento (2015) / That the Kia brand is an increasingly important player in the Western automotive world is proven by excellent sales figures, which place the group in 7th place worldwide. The names of famous designers such as Peter Schreyer (formerly Audi) indicate the desire that the strategy, in addition to the already known trump cards of this brand, is also an attractive appearance tailored to the global customer. The new Kia Sorento will be available on all continents just as you see it in the picture. It must be admitted that it looks imposing.
At CES 2016, Kia unveiled its Drive Wise vehicle sub-brand, which will be in charge of self-driving cars. The Koreans are expected to send the first one to the roads in 2030, even earlier they promise cars capable of partially automatic driving, which should be ready before 2020.
Kia presented the Kia Telluride concept vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show, a boxy premium SUV that follows the Korean brand's design philosophy and takes it in a bolder direction. It is driven by advanced technology that pays a lot of attention to the health and well-being of the user, and it also boasts car parts printed with a 3D printer.