Kia Hopes to Sell Half a Million Cars in 2012

It’s always fun explaining to people that Kia vehicles aren’t what they thought they were. You have to remember that when Kia first started doing their thing several years ago, they were devised as a budget car, and as a budget car they got quite a bit of healthy criticism claiming that they weren’t particularly reliable vehicles.

But a lot (and we mean a LOT) has changed since those early days, and Kia has grown into one of the more reliable and enjoyable brands in the industry. Every Kia dealer Libertyville has to offer could regale you with stories about how much sales have improved over the course of the last few years, and that has everything to do with the uptick in quality. … Continue Reading

2012 Kia Rio Hatchback Finally Hits Dealers

There’s nothing quite as exciting as when a release date finally rolls around. It’s not odd to hear about teenagers staking out in front of Best Buys late at night to make sure they get their hands on a new video game or album at midnight of the day it comes out, and adults can be equally excited about the release of things like iPads and new iPhones. PR departments are great about building excitement for a new product, and when the day finally comes that said product is available to purchase and own, we all get pretty pumped. … Continue Reading

Next-Gen Kia Soul Looks Cooler Than Ever

Someday, I’m going to have to get Kia to explain to me how they were able to take something that already looked really, really awesome, and then make it even more so. I’m talking, of course, about the 2012 Kia Soul, which got a whole new generational upgrade as far as design is concerned, but for those of us that loved the way the first-gen Soul looked, it’s kind of hard to imagine it looking any better. But it does. Oh, it most certainly does. … Continue Reading

2011 Kia Optima Hybrid Breaks Fuel Efficiency Record

I’ll be the first to admit that I was a nerd growing up, and as a nerd there were few things I enjoyed doing more on a Saturday morning than going to the library with my father. Once there, few books captured my attention and imagination more than the Guinness Book of World Records. Maybe it was the obese twins on the motorcycles. Maybe it was the world’s tallest man, Robert Wadlow. Maybe it was that picture of the turtle with two heads. Who knows? But in any case, I knew very early on that the Guinness record book was a piece of literary history, and now, a couple of decades later, it still is. … Continue Reading

Demand for 2011 Kia Sportage Means1,000 More Jobs

We know that crossover vehicles are the fastest-growing class of vehicle in the automotive industry right now, and that being the case, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that a lot of automakers have had to make plans for manufacturing more CUVs than they thought. Round Lake Kia dealerships, for example, have sold way more Sportages than they expected, and that’s a trend Kia has seen all over the world. … Continue Reading