Last week, Steve Appelbaum, Kia Country of Charleston, General Manager attended the Kia National Dealer Meeting in Las Vegas. This annual event gives dealers a firsthand look at new vehicles and insights from corporate leadership. This year’s event focused on how Kia is leading the movement to EV’s and how they are transforming the brand…
Kia has turned heads at the 2019 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) which is being held April 10-28. NYIAS is the nation’s largest and oldest auto show dating back to 1900. Nearly, 1000 cars and trucks are being showcased, as well as, automotive trends and innovation. Kia is spotlighting a special edition Kia Stinger…
Kia Motors unveiled its new all-electric concept car, ‘Imagine by Kia’, at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show this week. Imagine by Kia is the company’s first pure electric four-door passenger car. Imagine by Kia is underpinned by a low-mounted, induction-charged battery pack that powers a compact drivetrain. “Our all-electric concept is designed to not only get…
Kia offered a look to the future at Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) 2016 this week in Las Vegas, November 1-4, with a focus on autonomous vehicles. SEMA is the top automotive specialty products show in the world drawing 100,000 industry experts from more than 100 countries. Kia often showcases concept vehicles at SEMA and this…
Kia Motors America (KMA) and Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. have expanded their partnership with the Advanced Power and Energy Program (APEP) at the University of California, Irvine(UCI). Kia will provide six Soul EVs to help develop Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) advanced smart charging software algorithms and support grid resource operation. What is V2G? V2G battery electric vehicles…
Last month, Kia introduced DRIVE WISE, a sub-brand to for its future Advanced Driver Systems (ADAS). Kia plans to manufacture partially-autonomous cars by 2020 and fully-autonomous vehicles by 2030. Kia introduced its intelligent safety technologies at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show. These advanced technologies aim to provide driver assistance by anticipating and reacting to changing…
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) commonly referred to as the Detroit Auto Show is being held January 11-24. Kia has made quite a splash with the automotive press and car enthusiasts with its keen eye on the future and technology. Kia unveiled a cutting-edge hybrid electric, full-size premium SUV, the Telluride, hat pushes…
Kia Country publishes one to two original blog posts per week–that’s unusual for a car dealership, but we believe in keeping our customers informed. Most of the posts fall into one of these buckets—safety, community, maintenance, and cars, cars, and more cars. We’re kind of obsessed with cars. We love to share our enthusiasm and…
Kia Motors unveiled a road map to 2020 that touts its plans for a series of automotive technologies and innovations. Expansion of Green Car Technology Earlier this month, Kia announced addition of the Niro to its vehicle lineup. The Niro, a Hybrid Utility Vehicle (HUV) will begin production in 2016 and represents Kia’s latest efforts in…
The 85th Salon International de l’Automobile, otherwise known as the Geneva Motor Show is currently underway in Switzerland. Kia unveiled the new Kia SPORTSPACE concept during the show’s press conference. The new Kia SPORTSPACE concept boasts both style and practicality. Designed at Kia’s Frankfurt design studio under the direction of Gregory Guillaume, Chief Designer Europe,…
