Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Safety, Hyundai, Kia Kia is shutting down the lines at its West Point, GA, factory today, after a fire struck a nearby parts supplier. According to Reuters, the Kia plant will be closed for two days, with production scheduled to resume on Wednesday morning. Kia builds its Optima sedan and Sorento crossover at the Georgia facility,... 

Filed under: Wagon, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Hatchback, Kia We know we’re beating a dead horse by complaining about an automaker not offering its European products in the United States, but seriously, wouldn’t this handsome new 2012 Kia Cee’d be an excellent replacement for the milquetoast Forte? Kia has been doing some great things with... 

Filed under: Sedan, Videos, Kia, Luxury We got a look at pictures of the Kia KH Concept/K9 a short time ago. It’s a looker that’s got a whole lotta BMW going on. We still don’t know anything definitive about its internals other than that the big Kia is the BH platform-mate of the Hyundai Genesis and Equus. It’s also been caught on South... 

Filed under: Spy Photos, Minivan/Van, Europe, Kia Beneath the camo and snow probably lies the Kia Rondo variant of the Hyundai ix30. Both will be based on the Kia Cee’d, but expect the Rondo’s personality to be less Flash Gordon and more fresh groceries than the Hyundai HED-5 concept upon which the ix30 is based. It looks like the next iteration... 

Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedan, Kia, Luxury, South Korea A couple of weeks ago, we shared sketches of the KH concept sedan by Kia (also called the K9 in some circles), but if you’re friends with the South Korean automaker on Facebook, you got first access to images of their flagship sedan. As we reported before, Soon-Nam Lee, the company’s overseas... 

Filed under: Budget, Crossover, Hatchback, Kia, New Car Reviews Proving “Base” Means Anything But These Days The Soul is an unqualified hit. Sales of this playful econobox have increased year-over-year since it was introduced in 2009 as a 2010 model, with over 100,000 people bringing one home last year alone. In fact, the Soul was Kia’s second-best-selling... 

Filed under: Spy Photos, SUV, Crossover, Kia Behold: the first glimpse of the upcoming Kia Sorento facelift. From what we’ve heard, the crossover is expected to wear styling that steps in line with the rest of the Kia line. That means a new front fascia with a revised grille and bumper design. LED headlights are expected to be part of the package as well.... 

Filed under: Government/Legal, Technology, Hyundai, Kia, Toyota With all the news coming out recently about the small claims lawsuit over the Honda Civic Hybrid, readers may have forgotten the name behind a long-running legal issue over Toyota’s hybrid system: Paice. The latest development is that Paice and the Abell Foundation (an investor in Paice) have... 

Filed under: Budget, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Kia This is the second-generation, 2012 Kia Cee’d that we’ll soon be feasting our eyes on at the Geneva Motor Show. Kia claims it has “enhanced maturity and presitge within a sport package,” and based on the (admittedly retouched and beautified) photos, we’re inclined to agree. The... 

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Concept Cars, Videos, Hatchback, Kia, Design/Style We’ll admit it: We’re totally smitten with the Kia Track’ster Concept that debuted at last week’s Chicago Auto Show. And it’s not just because we like the idea of a 250-horsepower, all-wheel-drive hot hatch from Korea, it’s because this concept...