Is Kia ready to take on the Germans?

If you’re ready for a REAR-drive Kia sports sedan, read my latest entry at MSN Autos Canada’s Passing Lane blog. Full post after the jump.

Autonews: Koreans take spotlight in Chicago

Hyundai and Kia dominate the American mid-west; Nissan sent us an Invitation for Geneva; Civic fix comes early; and Mercedes is looking to go 911 hunting—it’s all in my weekly Autonews column at Toronto Star Wheels. Full column after the jump.

2011 in Review: The best car I drove for <$40k

By John LeBlanc Korean cars aren’t the punch line to a bad joke anymore. Rising from their former positioning as backwater makers of bottom-feeder cars with lowball sticker prices and extra-long warranties, the Hyundai and Kia sister brands have turned into builders of some of the most reliable, safe, smartly-styled, technically advanced and value priced […]

The Crank: Can Kia transcend beyond its price-point marketing?

  Arguably—and even with no new cars to present—Kia’s presser at last week’s L.A. show was the best in a long day’s worth of corporate droning on.   For starters, Kia promised 15 salient points in a media-friendly 15 minutes, getting us all up-to-date on the tsunami of new models, the progress of its recently-opened […]

First Drive: 2012 Kia Rio5

Luxury lite Kia’s new Rio brings upscale experience to the bottom-feeder class By John LeBlanc FALL CITY, WA.—Small cars aren’t so “small” anymore. Witness the third-generation 2012 Kia Rio5, where along with being longer and wider than its predecessor, you’ll find a heated steering wheel on its options list — a feature usually reserved for […]

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