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  • Kia to Show Updated Optima in Frankfurt

    Edmunds Inside Line reports Hyundai's Kia division will show its next-generation Optima sedan — a doppleganger of Kia's Euro-model Magentis, and platform mate of the Hyundai Sonata — in Frankfurt. While the Hyundai will don more...

    1:00 PM on Thu Aug 11 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 436 views

  • Spy Photos: 2007 Kia Magentis/Optima

    It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago... — Dan Quayle Bob Fulkerson caught a new Kia Magentis/Optima during a commercial shoot in Chicago, outside his apartment window — ahead of the models' official unveiling at...

    7:17 AM on Mon Aug 15 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 1,094 views

  • 2009 Kia Optima Gets Mid-Cycle Refreshment, Auto World Shocked

    You know the Kia Optima? Not really, no? The Optima is what you would buy because you just didn't like the Suzuki Forenza. Though a mid-cycle refreshment, it's a definite improvement over the "only as a rental car" original design. There's also...

    11:15 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 2,878 views, Comment

  • Kia's Head's in Mississippi: New Plant in Meridian?

    Thanks to parent Hyundai's new Montgomery, Alabama plant, Kia's mulling over its own factory in the South, this one in Meridian, MS. Due to its proximity to Montgomery, available acreage, and some glad-handing by Mississippi governor Haley...

    10:59 AM on Mon Aug 22 2005, by Davey G. Johnson, 417 views

  • Safety, Schmafety: The Least-Safe Cars of '06

    According to the IIHS, the Hyundai Elantra, Nissan Sentra, Kia Optima, Suzuki Forenza, Mazda6 and Toyota Corolla are the six most unsafe cars for sale in the US for 2006. Forbes published the list using the IIHS's ratings rather than the NHTSA's,...

    12:29 PM on Mon Nov 7 2005, by Davey G. Johnson, 397 views, Comment

  • Forbes' Worst Cars of '05

    Dan Lienert makes with the need-to-know once again in exposing the worst cars of 2005, based on safety ratings, reliability rankings and residual value i.e.: Will it get you there? Will it get you there in once piece? And will anybody wanna take...

    12:54 PM on Thu Dec 15 2005, by Davey G. Johnson, 230 views, Comment

  • Spy Photos: 2007 Hyundai Elantra

    Hyundai's new Elantra, offspring of the 1988 Excel we once drove 75 miles with a hand over one eye (don't ask), was recently caught on film by spies. The Car Connection posted evidence of the Elantra's turn in the makeover chair today, as the car...

    5:39 PM on Wed Aug 31 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 511 views

  • Hyundai to Show Hot Hatchback Concept in Frankfurt

    Although we don't speak the Dutch, we've found out Hyundai is building a performance hatchback — based on its Accent model — the company plans to unveil at the Frankfurt motor show next week, according to AutoWeek Netherlands. Little...

    5:44 PM on Tue Sep 6 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 788 views

  • Chicago Auto Show: RONDO SX SUPER SLAKEY CONCEPT SPACE WAGON!

    It's time once again to work up that RONDO thirst. The rollout of the RONDO SX Concept at the big Chicago show makes it official. Driving an econobox need not be drab. The RONDO SX takes styling cues from itself and existing SX cousins, but means...

    4:48 PM on Thu Feb 8 2007, by Mike Bumbeck, 491 views, Comment

  • Spy Photos: Hyundai's Luxury Equus

    Edmunds Inside Line obtained some shots of Hyundai's forthcoming entry in the US luxury-car market, the Equus. Hyundai has been selling the current generation of the car, which gets its name from the zoological genus of all horse-like animals...

    8:45 AM on Fri Aug 19 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 7,376 views