I left Madison around 4:00 headed to Chicago with the range gauge of the Kia Niro EV telling me I would be able to drive 310 miles. I found that…
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Driven: 2020 Kia Telluride SX AWD, Climbing A Very Steep Mountain
There are products that transform companies and change what they stand for in our minds. Think iPhone for Apple, Lite Beer for Miller, or Seinfeld for NBC. For Kia, we…
Driven: 2020 Kia Soul GT-Line Turbo, Getting off the hamster wheel
If you have any doubt who the third-generation Kia Soul is intended for, the names for the different interior mood lighting options confirm it. Select “Hey! Yo!” or “Party Time,”…
Studs & Duds, New York: New Cars and Concepts Invade the Big Apple
The 2019 New York International Auto Show opens on Friday, April 19 and the floor is filled vehicles some new, and some not so. The day started with the World…
“$48,000 for a Kia?!!” I can’t tell you how many times I heard that phrase exclaimed during the week I spent with a fully loaded 2018 Sorento SX Limited which…
Few cars were introduced last year with more hype than the Kia Stinger GT. We were promised Nurburgring-tuned performance. We were promised BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz level quality. We were promised…
Kia is on a mission to shed its reputation as a manufacturer of inexpensive automotive appliances of questionable quality. It began with the redesigned Optima in 2010, gained steam with…
When Kia launched the Niro to the world on the Super Bowl with spots featuring the oh so funny and self-effacing Melissa McCarthy, they went right after the 800 pound…
Automakers have reached a fork in the hatchback-riddled road. Do they follow the hybrid path, and hope that the microscopic 2.2% market share that hybrids held in 2016 improves drastically,…
Highlights from the 2017 New York International Auto Show
It’s not easy being the New York Auto Show. It’s the last major international auto show of the season and falls just a few weeks after Geneva. By the time…