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How to get a good deal on a used car
In this article we will look at some easy ways in which to get good deals cars for sale.
The first is to know how much your intended car is worth. This will need a little research into the costs of similar vehicles of the same year and in similar condition with similar mileages source from [...]
Kia Makes a Record Number of Cars and Engines in Europe
Last year, Kia made production records in Europe with 252,000 cars and more than 359,000 engines rolling off the assembly lines at is Zilina plant in Slovakia. Kia’s European arm built 10 percent more cars and posted a 12 percent increase in engine production.
Kia said that it is planning to further raise output in Slovakia, [...]
Hyundai Invest $12.2 Billion in 2012
Hyundai Motor Group, the owner of Kia brand, announced that it will invest $12.2 billion this year in research and development as well as on improving its facilities. Hyundai announced last October that their target for 2012 was 7 million units, up from 6.5 million in 2011. They also estimate that their growth could [...]
Kia’s Sales Increase by 36% in the II Quarter
Kia’s global sales increased by 21% during the last quarter compared to the same period in 2010. Kia sold 621,000 cars in that period, largely due to the increase in US sales. Kia’s progress in the U.S. market was impressive as it recorded a 67% increase in profits and 36% in sales. Deliveries in the [...]
Kia’s Safety Features and Reasons Its Cars are Cheap to Insure
Rising up out of Asia, as its name implies when translated to Sino-Korean, Kia began as a steel tubing and bicycle manufacturer when it was founded in 1944. It is the oldest car company of South Korea, and despite some trouble when the Asian financial crisis hit in 1997, it still stands as one of [...]
Hyundai and Kia bury pickup truck
Crumbling pickup truck sales and rising gas prices have led Hyundai and its affiliate Kia to abandon their plans to build pick-up trucks in the U.S. “Because of high oil prices, the light-truck market has been declining,’” Kim Dong Jin, Vice Chairman of the Hyundai said today. “We don’t think it’s the right time.”
As [...]
Kia get version of Microsoft’s SYNC
Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automaker Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice commands to control personal music players and telephones.
Fiat sells cars with the software outside the U.S.
Kia Motors will be entitled to sell cars equipped with Microsoft Auto around the world starting in November, but [...]
Kia specific smells just for Europeans
Kia has announced that interior components on its cars are smell-tested just for Europeans.
As part of the company’s push to ensure that its cars are perceived as being totally European, it seals components in a jar and has them smell-tested before they are fitted.
David Labrosse, from the product planning department of Kia’s European Research and [...]