The 2009 Borrego marks Kia's first entry into the mid-size SUV market. Featuring body-on-frame construction and an optional 4.6L, 333bhp V8, it should offer serious competition to vehicles like the Ford Explorer. It also features three rows of seats, optional air-suspension, hill descent control and a high- and…

Those Koreaphiles at Kia-World.net have gotten their hands on some very detailed shots of the brand new full-size Kia Borrego (technically the Kia Mohave in Korea) before the Detroit Auto Show. This model is sporting a 3.0L V6, but we're supposed to get the first V8 for our gaz-guzzling American souls. It's a pretty…

It's been a long time coming, from spy photos to teaser shots. And what happens? Kia goes ahead and changes the name from one that's broadly geological to one referring to the location of an annual grapefruit festival. We mean, of course, California's Borrego Springs, which may have given its name to Kia's new midsize…