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Kia design chief Peter Schreyer has gone back to a more traditional two-box design for the fourth-generation Rio, adding more upright styling front and rear. The wraps have just come off the new model, three weeks out from its official unveiling at the Paris motor show and roughly nine months from its arrival in New Zealand. The car is likely to be first seen in this part of … [Read more...] about New Kia Rio hatchback longer, wider, and in NZ next year

Kia says its fourth-generation Rio will offer class-leading practicality, better ride and handling, and the latest infotainment technology when it arrives in New Zealand around the middle of next year. The teaser sketches it has just released hint that the carmaker is working to build a larger gap between the five-door and its smaller stablemate, the Picanto. The sketches – … [Read more...] about New Kia Rio hatch: Could there be a GT variant?

Kia has been named the leading car brand in an industry-wide quality survey in the United States, the first time a mainstream company has claimed the top spot since Toyota in 1989. The J D Power Initial Quality Study survey reported Kia had the fewest problems per 100 vehicles in the first 90 days of ownership, beating out second-place Porsche. Kia’s top spot among brands … [Read more...] about Kia beats Porsche as No.1 for quality, says US survey

The rear-drive GT concept car that Kia unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show is to go into production – and it’s likely to land in New Zealand either late next year or early in 2018. The production version of the four-door coupe is codenamed the ‘CK’. It is modeled along the lines of the original Mercedes-Benz CLS but closer in size to the Volkswagen Passat CC. Kia’s … [Read more...] about Kia’s four-door GT destined for production and NZ