NEWS>> A COOL KIA!?!

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Andy Blackmore — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:19:16 GMT

dont forget the production VW Up

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Dave B — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:57:25 GMT

The Soul is interesting, but they still have a rather disjointed language, particularly after Schreyer came in....they've all gone a bit German, but without the interesting new language from some of the show cars in the last few years, or iconic references. But you're right Andy, it is more successful than the Scion, and certainly more resolved, but it is going to do for the segment what the Nissan Qashqai did for C segment cars. A good competitor (wait, scratch that)...a competitor it won't be... is the new Mini Crossman (crap name, thanks to ze BMW marketing...) which you'll all see in October in Paris. And the new X1 will debute as well. This is firmly the trend for the next few years, small scale CUV/SAVs.

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Andy Blackmore — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:49:58 GMT

corrected. thanks :)

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bundi — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:30:37 GMT

Nice article but there's a little mistake: the cee'd is assembled in Slovakia - not in Slovenia.

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VROCSone — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:11:18 GMT

RE: Umai Kakudo.

Google search for Hyundai Sonata 4g63t swap. Streetfire.net has a few videos of some early 90's Sonata's with 4g63t swaps one especially pushing 400hp. =] the early/mid 90's hyundais/sonatas aren't the greatest looking cars but they are pretty much an ultimate sleeper...even the owners who do the swaps try to keep their cars looking stock as much as possible just to put shame on those who least suspect it.

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Colin 3000GT — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:13:23 GMT

Hmm over here in The Netherlands driving a Kia still doesn't attract any girls :)

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JP — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:34:26 GMT

ill say those concepts llok pretty cool. but i wont say much more than that till they actually make these into production cars.

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Umai Kakudo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:14:54 GMT

A Kia with a 400hp 4G63 would be the ultimate sleeper/shame car.

Taking out a Vett with a hopped up Kia would be priceless.

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Andy Blackmore — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:02:42 GMT

I saw a cee'd in the UK when I was back home at Christmas and I was really impressed, they have come alongh way since the Kia Pride :)

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Stefan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:55:16 GMT

Nice to see a brand soar like Kia does. I mean, only ten years ago only geeks bought Kia's... and today they build some very successful cars. Over here in Austria, Kia's smaller SUV's like the Sorento or Sportage are quite popular, mainly because they're the best bang for the buck in their class.

Furthermore, I had several personal experiences with Kia's and Hyundai's. OK, the Hyundai Getz is just crap, but the Kia cee'd family is pretty cool and well built.

The only problem Kia has to manage is the image. And I'm sure they will.

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VROCSone — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:19:35 GMT

i've always been a big fan of hyundai and kia especially for the fact that a lot of the earlier mid90's to early 2000's models were sharing components and in some cases the same underpinnings as the mitsubishi/chrysler vehicles. I've seen plenty kia's and hyundais with 4g63t swaps and i lurk a lot of the asian based forums, singapore, thailand, taiwan etc. and i have seen very nicely modified kia's and hyundai's there.

i have also recently got to check out the new hyundai genesis coupe in person and saw that they have a 2.0L Turbo 4cylinder motor in the engine bay...yep, its the 4b11t from the new evoX but of course its a detuned version.

my point being is that hyundai and kia have plenty of potential and i have noticed it since way back unfortunately here in the states they dont get much respect here.

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jblaine — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:08:59 GMT

"Not only did the Kia pro_ceed drive itself to the Nürburgring 24-hour race but it managed to win its VLN Diesel "production" class, place 104th overall, and then drive 900km back to Milan where it originated. Additionally, the near standard pro_ceed from Kia Italy with only the minimum amount of safety modifications, which included a roll-cage, fire extinguisher and six-point safety harness as well as some mildly tuned suspension and brakes, had no mechanical failures. Also the tires were street production versions using six 225/35 18-inch ContiSportContact tires for the whole event."

from worldcarfans.com

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Andy Blackmore — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:42:42 GMT

i'm interested to see how people react to this post :)