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  Ssangyong 3-year plan finally gets approval

  18 December 2009 / 21 comments

  Ssangyong C200 Concept Not all hope is lost for SUV-focused Korean brand Ssangyong, whose future was in limbo thus far, having being ‘abandoned’ by its owner SAIC and such. It went into bankruptcy protection in […]

   

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  Kia posts big growth in China – Forte selling well

  12 December 2009 / 61 comments

  Kia has announced that it sold 152,826 vehicles globally in November, which is 53.2 per cent more than what was achieved in the same month last year. Total sales for the first eleven months of […]

   

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  Hyundai posts record sales in Australia

  9 December 2009 / 73 comments

  Hyundai has recorded over 60,000 vehicle sales in Australia so far this year, an all time record for the brand Down Under. But more significantly, this was achieved in a declining overall market that’s down […]

   

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  Hyundai i30 Test Drive Review

  7 December 2009 / 97 comments

  Over the past year, the Malaysian car market has been blessed with much more variety than we’re used to seeing, and some new entries have blurred the price lines that many use to categorise cars. […]

   

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  US market Hyundai Sonata to be 4-pot only!

  4 December 2009 / 110 comments

  Here’s a whole load of new shots of the new Hyundai Sonata from the LA Auto Show, the first time the new Sonata has been exhibited to the American public. It’s very very different from […]

   

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  Fancy a “North Korean” Hyundai i30?

  2 December 2009 / 14 comments

  A Hyundai i30 painted in North Korean colours? We’re looking at a collectors item here! The picture above shows 33 Hyundai i30s painted in the national colours of the 32 nations qualified for the 2010 […]

   

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  Kia Cadenza/K7’s long but awesome TVC

  27 November 2009 / 74 comments

  Before I move on further, I must admit that Kia has definitely upped its ante recently with some impressive looking vehicles such as the Kia Forte and this, the Cadenza “luxury sports sedan” which is […]

   

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  Kia Forte officially launched at the Pavilion KL!

  25 November 2009 / 325 comments

  UPDATE: Kia Forte 1.6 Test Drive Review Naza Kia Sdn. Bhd. has officially launched the Kia Forte for the Malaysian market at the Pavilion KL. As previously mentioned, three models of the Forte are available […]

   

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  Kia Forte here in Malaysia: amazing value for money

  25 November 2009 / 331 comments

  This colour not available in Malaysia! UPDATE: Kia Forte 1.6 Test Drive Review The gorgeous new Kia Forte is now in Malaysia, or at least in the official sense after its launch at the Pavilion […]

   

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  Kia Cadenza officially unveiled in Korea!

  25 November 2009 / 62 comments

  Kia has officially launched the all new Cadenza “luxury sports sedan” in Korea where it is simply called the K7. Along with the launch the automaker also revealed that the Cadenza will go on sale […]

   

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  CNN feature: Kia’s steady climb in sales and image

  22 November 2009 / 17 comments

  CNN has an interesting feature on how Kia has been using unusual marketing techniques during this world recession. The video is centered only on the new Kia Soul. No doubt it has been working – […]

   

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  Kia cars to get GDI engines from 2010 onwards

  20 November 2009 / 15 comments

  The new Hyundai-Kia Motor Group Theta II GDI engine you saw earlier this week will be making its way into Kias as early as the first half of 2010 in South Korea. It will then […]

   

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  UK market Hyundai Santa Fe facelift announced

  18 November 2009 / 25 comments

  Hmm, it looks like Hyundai’s new ‘angry crab’ look on the Santa Fe does not apply to all markets. This shot of a UK market Santa Fe from the UK press kit shows a much […]

   

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  Hyundai’s 2.4L Theta II gets direct injection

  18 November 2009 / 17 comments

  Of all the GEMA manufacturers, the Hyundai-Kia Group has been setting the best track record in terms of extracting the most power and torque out of their engines. The current generation Sonata and Optima’s 2.0 […]

   

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  Kia Forte Koup goes racing in the US

  4 November 2009 / 14 comments

  Kia has already started dabbling in motorsports in Europe but the car above is part of its US motorsports program which it unveiled at the 2009 SEMA tuner car show. Two Kia Forte Koups built […]

   

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