With the Koreans marching on most fronts of the automotive market a more ambitious assault was nothing if not imminent. Kia tells us it’s finally here, they want to build a car that’s going to rival the all-mighty Mazda MX-5.

However much we love our very own automotive tuning creations and such out there in the real world fuel economy matters and so do looks. These are a couple of strong points that the 2012 Kia Rio manages to cover with relative ease.

In my recent opinions that gave favoritism to the Koreans i was very appreciative of Hyundai and the engines they’ve been putting in their cars and I was particularly cheery about the turbocharged Sonata. Hyundai’s sister company, Kia, has just announced that they’re going to offer the same sort of technology in terms of engine [...]

So far, we knew the Koreans at Kia are on a roll but we didn’t really expect them to release the 2012 Kia Rio prior to its scheduled debut at the Geneva Motor Show. In reality, this sort of surprise release may end up being uninteresting. Kia have realized however that it is better to [...]

The Koreans at Kia are doing pretty much brilliantly on every front and as we all know, being this good takes some effort. As it happens for Kia, the sales of the 2011 Sorento are going so well the company will soon be introducing a third shift to their West Point, Georgia plant.