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We report on the latest Kia News from the UK and around the world keeping you up to date with new car releases and previews, price updates and up-to-the-minute motoring insight as soon as they're released.

We'll also update you with the latest car show news, model demos and prototypes.

 

 

Exclusive discount for all members!

We've teamed up with major Kia dealers to offer all Kia Owners Club members an exclusive discount on parts, servicing, new cars and Kia special offers.

 

Kia wins fleet deal to supply 120 cee’d SW EcoDynamics

Kia Motors (UK) Limited has secured a deal to supply 120 vehicles over three years to leading building technologies group.

 

Black and white changes to the Kia line-up

Kia has introduced two new special editions – ‘Domino’ and ‘Echo’ – that both play on classic black and white colour schemes and are now on sale across the UK Kia dealer network.

 

Kia announces all-new Sportage First Edition

The all-new Kia Sportage crossover, one of the stars of the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, is to go on sale in the UK earlier than expected, on 1 August, with a high specification Sportage First Edition version.

 

STARS IN A REASONABLY PRICED KIA

After being tested and found up to the mark by The Stig, Kia’s cee’d 2 1.6 manual five door C-segment challenger has made its first appearance as BBC2 Top Gear’s “Reasonably Priced Car” in the latest series of the hit TV show.

 

Kia Sportage sees final development in the UK

The new Kia Sportage, which goes on sale in August, is Kia’s latest European-designed model to have been specifically developed for the UK’s roads and drivers.

 

SEDONA WINS BEST MPV TITLE IN PRACTICAL CARAVAN-WHAT CAR? TOWCAR AWARDS

Long-time caravanners’ favourite, the Kia Sedona has added the Practical caravan-What Car? Towcar wards best MPV title to its list of accolades – winning over the judges with its prodigious towing capability thanks to its new 2.2 litre diesel engine and six-speed automatic transmission.

 

KIA RECALLS SOME PICANTO AND cee’d MODELS

On-going product testing and monitoring at Kia Motors has revealed that some cee’d and Picanto models require remedial work on a small number of customer cars to avoid possible safety issues.

 

Kia sells more in five months than the whole of 2007

Kia Motors (UK) Ltd. has passed another sales milestone, selling more cars in the first five months of 2010 than it did in the whole of 2007.

 

Kia cee’d makes a stunning debut in 2010 J.D. Power survey

The Kia cee'd achieved a stunning debut result of 4th overall in the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates/What Car? Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study (VOSS), with a score of 83.8 per cent

 

Six tips to help save motorists money

Petrol prices continue to rise, and for this reason knowing where the cheapest fuel is available is always a good idea. At time of writing, filling up something big like a Sedona could cost you in the region of £90, so keeping an eye on where is charging what is an absolute must.

 

EVERY KIA GETS A SEVEN YEAR WARRANTY

Kia is kicking off 2010 by extending its unique seven-year warranty to all its cars – delivering Europe's best manufacturer-backed protection for new car buyers.

 

BABY KIA BRINGS FAMILY HAPPINESS (AND A CAR!)

Kia Motors has just added a new baby to the range. Smaller than the Picanto, the latest Kia, launched on Sunday, weighs just 6lbs 7oz and comes only in pink.

 

FIRST IMAGE OF NEW KIA CADENZA SALOON RELEASED

Kia Motors Corporation has taken the wraps off its new Cadenza, the production version of its VG concept car – an all-new saloon car designed to deliver refinement, safety and emotional satisfaction in an ‘ideal’ driving package.

 

Kia Venga Images

Kia Venga Images - brand new images of the Kia Venga

 

Kia Venga spy shots

New Kia Venga spy shots surface to the web before car's official unveiling next week.

 

Kia to celebrate world premiere of Venga mini-MPV and European premieres of the cee’d facelift, Sorento crossover and Forte LPi hybrid in Frankfurt!

Kia today announced it will showcase several production-ready vehicles at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show designed and built for Europe, as well as demonstrate its “green” credentials with the introduction of Eco-Dynamics sub-brand and the eye-catching Forte based hybrid car.

 

Kia Motors hits new heights with Sewells’ Dealer Satisfaction Survey

Kia is living up to its slogan, ‘The Power to Surprise’ with its latest performance in the Sewells’ Dealer Satisfaction Survey – being ranked as the sixth-best franchise in the UK market.

 

New Kia cee´d improves fuel consumption and CO2 output with Michelin tyres

Kia Motors has selected Michelin as the sole supplier of the original equipment tyres for the new cee’d range. All of the model’s 15- and 16-inch wheels will be covered by two energy efficient tyre ranges; the Michelin Energy Saver and the Michelin Primacy HP.

 

Discount parts available at cost price!

Viking Kia have kindly offered a host of parts available to members at cost price for Kia Pride, Sportage, Sedona, Shuma, Clarus, Carens, Mentor, Megentis, Sorento and Rio

 

Kia Venga

Kia Venga images released ahead of its official Frankfurt Auto Show unveiling.

 

KIA TO SHARE IN JOINT FOCUS ON GREEN GROWTH

Kia will bring a raft of “green” vehicles to Europe as part of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group’s commitment to develop environmental technology.

 

KIA STARTS ITS GREEN MARKET FUTURE

Kia Motors has launched its first commercialised hybrid electric vehicle, the Forte Liquid Petroleum Injection Hybrid, onto the Korean market.

 

THE SOUL OF HORSHAM SOUTH

Local Kia dealer Toll House has given the communities of Horsham South and their Neighbourhood Policing Team their very own Soul – patrolling the streets with its stocky looks, darkened windows and head-turning body will be a gleaming new Kia Soul.

 

Kia Motors (UK) Ltd., has been named Car Franchise of the Year

Kia Motors (UK) Ltd., has been named Car Franchise of the Year by leading industry publication, Motor Trader, at its annual award ceremony in London.

 

Kia Motors posts 11.5 per cent increase in global sales

Kia Motors Corporation announced today that its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales, and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs), and commercial vehicles for May 2009 recorded a total of 141,949 units. This marks a year-on-year increase of 11.5 per cent.

 

NEW KIA IS A SOUL SENSATION – 1,000 SOLD IN 100 DAYS

The Kia Soul has reached a major milestone in the UK as the 1,000th car was delivered to a customer on 8 June 2009, just 100 days after the unique Kia went on sale across the UK.

 

Kia’s Soul Train brings a party to town

The striking Kia Soul Train has hit the road and started its three month tour of the UK. The train, comprising a convoy of eight Kia Souls, will spread the fun and turn heads in each town it visits en route.

 

Kia Motors kicks off experiential Global Road Show

Car enthusiasts and Kia fans in 44 countries around the world will have the opportunity to feel the Kia experience with the launch of ‘Kia on Tour 2009,’ a global road show designed to showcase the improved quality, value and excitement of Kia’s newest line-up of vehicles directly to consumers.

 

Euro NCAP 5-star award for Kia Soul

The new Kia Soul urban crossover has been awarded the maximum 5-Star safety rating in the latest Euro NCAP crash test results. The Soul’s safety ratings – with scores of 87 per cent for Adult Occupant Protection, 86 per cent for Child Protection and 86 per cent for Safety Assist equipment – place the Kia among the safest B-Segment sized family cars.

 

Kia celebrates 10 years of change at the 2009 SMMT Test Day

Kia is living up to its slogan, ‘The Power to Surprise’, with its latest offerings at the SMMT Test Day on 21 May 2009 at Millbrook Proving Ground. The Kia stand will have on display some of the newest, oldest and most surprising Kia models to date.

 

DRIVE A KIA PICANTO FOR ONLY £10 A WEEK

Kia Motors (UK) Ltd has put together a tempting offer for those thinking of making the most of the new scrappage scheme. For the equivalent of £10 a week customers can drive away a new Kia Picanto from their Kia retailer as the scrappage scheme brings the price down from an affordable £6,195 to an exceptional £4,195.

 

KIA INCREASES PRICES DUE TO EXCHANGE RATE

In response to the weakness of the pound on international currency exchanges, Kia Motors (UK) has announced plans for a minimal price increase effective from April 1.

 

Fast start for Soul with first award

‘It’s fun, it’s distinctive and if you don’t ‘get it’, you’re too old’ said Steve Chalmers, editor of Fast Car magazine, about the new Soul Burner when it was chosen as ‘Best New Model’ for 2009 in the annual Fast Car magazine Awards.

 

KIA LEADS THE WAY FOR DRIVING SCHOOLS

With the holidays fast approaching, more and more young people will be starting to think about spending the long holidays learning to drive so Kia Motors (UK) Ltd. has brought out an industry leading driving school offer at the perfect time.

 

SPRING SAVINGS AT KIA

Spring has sprung and the offers have well and truly blossomed at Kia Motors (UK) Ltd.

 

Kia debuts all-new Sorento at Seoul Motor Show

Kia has taken the wraps off its all-new Sorento – the landmark vehicle that took the Korean brand onto the world stage – at the Seoul Motor Show.

 

KIA KOUP UNVEILED AT NEW YORK SHOW

Kia Motors America has unveiled the all-new Koup at the New York International Auto Show today. The company's first ever two-door coupe epitomises the brand's bold new design direction.

 

Kia Soul sales pass 5,000 mark to beat market gloom

The exciting new Kia Soul urban crossover is beating the current economic gloom and attracting thousands of new customers to Kia showrooms across Europe. Although Soul has only been fully on sale since January, sales in Europe have already passed the 5,000 mark and are running at a level 13 per cent higher than Kia predicted.

 

Kia cee’d tops C-segment in Driver Power survey

“The fact that the Kia cee'd beat the Volkswagen Golf is one of the most significant results in Driver Power's history“ said David Johns, Editor-in-Chief of Auto Express, on announcing the debut performance of the Kia cee'd in the independent Driver Power survey.
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