Kia Sees Huge Sales Bump in Second Quarter

When it comes to businesses that are working with literally millions and millions of dollars in revenue, the idea of an “increase in sales” can actually be pretty impressive without looking like much percentage wise. Let’s say, for example, that your company manufactured half a million cars from January to June last year. Sold at an average of $20,000 a pop, you’re looking at $10 billion in sales. A one percent increase in sales means a bump of about $100 million—a number so big that the average American can’t even begin to comprehend it.

Taking all that into consideration, try to wrap your heads around the fact that in the second quarter of 2011, Kia saw a 21% increase in sales globally. … Continue Reading

Kia Soul Still Among Most Recognizable Vehicles On the Road

Think of somebody you know that’s completely ignorant about automobiles, and imagine spending a few days in a car together for a multi-state road trip. Your passenger has decided that, since you’re a person who knows so much about so many cars, they’d like you to educate them on different makes and models so that they can be knowledgeable in casual conversations. It would be difficult getting started, and this new learner would probably have a hard time telling apart all the different sedans, all the different SUVs, all the different crossovers.

However, there’s at least one car that they’d be able to see once and instantly recognize for the rest of their lives: the Kia Soul. … Continue Reading

Kia To Roll Out New Media Center Web Page

As a journalist who has written for a number of different car blogs over the course of his career, I can tell you that for the most part, the media websites for most automakers are a little frustrating to navigate. Some require logins, like access to news and images and videos is something a corporation would want to hide from the general public, while others have stories and pictures stored in completely different places. As far as video is concerned, forget about it. Most have little to none on their media web pages, which, by the way, are almost always completely separate from the company’s main page. … Continue Reading

Kia Sportage Adds Turbocharged Engine Option

I think we can agree that most of our lives could do for a little turbocharging. Is your computer acting a little sluggish? Turbocharge that sucker. Maybe your 2-year-old just can’t walk fast enough in the grocery store for you to get out of there in under 4 hours? Turbocharge the little bugger. Tired of your stove taking 20 minutes to cook up a frozen pizza? Try replacing pepperoni with some tasty, tasty turbocharging.

You see where I’m going with this? … Continue Reading

Kia Soul Has Edge, Yet Remains Practical

There aren’t a lot of cars on the road right now that turn as many heads as the Kia Soul. To illustrate that fact, there’s this: despite the fact that I write for a Kia blog, my wife doesn’t really know one automobile badge from another, and even though that’s the case she still can recognize a Soul from a mile away. “There’s that funky little car I like,” she says when it zooms by, and I can only smile, proud that she’s learning so much about cars. … Continue Reading