Rumors: Kia Insiders Say GT RWD Sedan Could be Joined by Coupe and Sport Wagon

Kia's ascent from an inexpensive maker of bland products to a company that aspires to compete with the heavy weights in the mainstream segments continues with the South Korean firm now planning to introduce its first-ever rear-wheel drive model based on the GT concept we saw at the Frankfurt Motor Show this past September.

But the sedan model, which is expected to make its appearance in production form as early as 2013, may not be alone if we are to believe a report from Edmunds' Insideline.

Citing company insiders, the report says that Kia is also considering adding an even sportier two-door coupe version as well as a more practical station wagon model to the range of the production GT.

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Kia Presents Korea's First Production Electric Model, the New Ray EV

The new Ray EV is not only Kia's first attempt to enter the electric car market but it is also the first production EV to be introduced by a Korean automaker.

The battery-powered model is based on the recently launched Ray city car, which is only offered in Kia's home market. It shares the regular model’s major dimensions and, in a global first for an EV manufacturer, is built on the same production line as the conventional combustion-engine models.

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Kia Ray Opens Doors and Honks its Horn to Play Jingle Bells Tune [Video]

With only a few days left for Christmas, Kia has jumped on the holiday season bandwagon releasing a cheerful new ad featuring the brand's Ray city car that was recently launched in South Korea.

The commercial shows the Ray playing along the Jingle Bells tune with the sounds being created by opening and closing the tall hatchback's regular and sliding doors, hood and compartment area dividers, as well as by using its turning signals, warning jingles and horn.

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Woman gets Trapped in a Kia Rio Swallowed by a Sinkhole in New Hampshire

It's a pretty scary situation if you think about it; while you're driving in the middle of a city street, the road suddenly opens and swallows up your car leaving you trapped inside with water pumping out from the ground around you.

But that's what happened to a woman in a Kio Rio sedan when she approached the intersection at Beech and North Streets in Manchester's North End just after 6 a.m. on Monday. What looked like a puddle turned out to be a sinkhole that trapped her car.

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2011 Kia Sportage Images

How did Kia maintain to come to be one of the most smoking looking decisions in the crossover business? The fresh out of the plastic new Sportage is a stopped leap send in terms of outside styling and, thankfully, the open motors once again down the handsome brand new sheet metal. A 176 bhp 2. 4 liter 4 barrel and 2. 0 liter turbocharged four are unoccupied, and both go with a 6 speed programmed transmission a 6 speed manual is ready just on the base model. Possibly motor may be had with front or all wheel drive. No picnic to think, but the 2. 4 liter 4 barrel is as a matter of fact more influential than the 2. 7 liter V 6 found in the past Sportage.

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage Images

How did Kia maintain to come to be one of the most smoking looking decisions in the crossover business? The fresh out of the plastic new Sportage is a stopped leap send in terms of outside styling and, thankfully, the open motors once again down the handsome brand new sheet metal. A 176 bhp 2. 4 liter 4 barrel and 2. 0 liter turbocharged four are unoccupied, and both go with a 6 speed programmed transmission a 6 speed manual is ready just on the base model. Possibly motor may be had with front or all wheel drive. No picnic to think, but the 2. 4 liter 4 barrel is as a matter of fact more influential than the 2. 7 liter V 6 found in the past Sportage.

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Sportage

2011 Kia Optima Hybrid info

The Optima hybrid lands in showrooms in right on time 2011, with a cost looked for to be roughly $26,000 significance the Optima hybrid might go in as the most reduced estimated mid size gas electric sedan on the financial sector (the restrained openness Nissan Altima hybrid begins at $27,530, while the Ford Fusion hybrid costs $28,990). That situations the hybrid close the top of the Optima's go, with costs for the routinely powered poses stretching from $19,690 to $26,690.



2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


Kia and Hyundai can offer their hybrid poses at such easy costs, to a limited extent, on the grounds that their full parallel hybrid framework utilizes a modular go at, piggybacking the hybrid hardware onto existing motors and powertrains in this case, a 2. 4 liter four barrel motor, modified with Atkinson cycle operation for preferable effectiveness, and an off the ledge six speed mechanical. Consolidated output from the gas electric framework is 206 hp and 195 lb ft of torque.

2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid

2011 Kia Optima Hybrid info

The Optima hybrid lands in showrooms in right on time 2011, with a cost looked for to be roughly $26,000 significance the Optima hybrid might go in as the most reduced estimated mid size gas electric sedan on the financial sector (the restrained openness Nissan Altima hybrid begins at $27,530, while the Ford Fusion hybrid costs $28,990). That situations the hybrid close the top of the Optima's go, with costs for the routinely powered poses stretching from $19,690 to $26,690.



2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


Kia and Hyundai can offer their hybrid poses at such easy costs, to a limited extent, on the grounds that their full parallel hybrid framework utilizes a modular go at, piggybacking the hybrid hardware onto existing motors and powertrains in this case, a 2. 4 liter four barrel motor, modified with Atkinson cycle operation for preferable effectiveness, and an off the ledge six speed mechanical. Consolidated output from the gas electric framework is 206 hp and 195 lb ft of torque.

2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid


2011 Kia Optima Hybrid