Kia have announced the pricing and specification for the manufacturer’s new Ceed GT and GT-Line models, with the new range adding an exciting flair to the marque’s line-up. Having been designed, developed, built in Europe and targeted solely at the European audience, the new Ceed GT has undergone a dramatic …
Read More »Best cars from the LA Motor Show 2018
If there was a sign that Christmas was on its jolly way, it’s not the flashing fairy lights or festive-themed TV adverts, it’s the Los Angeles Motor Show. Traditionally taking place at the back end of November, the LA Motor Show is pretty much the last hurrah for the automotive …
Read More »What bike/car does a motoring journalist own?
The second-most-common question I have been asked in the past couple of decades as a motoring journalist is what motorcycle or car do I own? (The most common question was, “what motorcycle or car should I buy?” The answer could easily take up a book as big as the Bible/Koran.) …
Read More »The Stinger GT S is the meanest Kia yet
When you hear the name Kia, what do you think of? Decent, solid cars right? Nothing too amazing, but fulfils the brief respectably. Probably not performance though yeah? Well, perhaps you should, because the South Korean brand has just released its fastest car yet and all the figures point to …
Read More »Kia Soul EV reviews – what the critics think
If you’ve read our round-up of reviews on Ford’s Focus Electric, you’ll know that simply replacing a petrol engine with electric workings doesn’t always make for a successful electric vehicle (EV). However, Kia’s Soul EV – the brand’s first ever all-electric car – proves that it can be done. Yeah, …
Read More »Kia gives go-ahead to Stinger GT
Concept cars are peculiar beasts. Far too often, they parade pie-in-the-sky ideas wrapped up in extreme exterior designs with angles and curves that will never see the inside of a mainstream car manufacturer’s showroom. Kia have been guilty of this in the past and for the last five years, they’ve …
Read More »World Car of the Year nominees revealed
It was revealed at the recent Paris Motor Show that 22 cars would be in with a chance of driving away with the prestigious ‘World Car of the Year’, a title currently held by the Mazda MX-5 and rightly so. Our fondness for the cheeky roadster is well-documented and the …
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