Kia applies 8-speed auto box to FWD

Kia Motors has a new eight-speed automatic transmission (8AT), engineered for use in front-wheel drive vehicles, but based on RWD experience.

Looking for ways to cut gasoline PMs

Present-day gasoline direct-injection (GDI) engines in passenger cars can emit more hazardous fine particulate matter (PM) than a port fuel-injected engine (PFI), or even the latest heavy-duty diesels equipped with a particulate filter.

Kia to launch three-cylinder engine, DCT

The upcoming Geneva Motor Show will see the launch of Kia Motor's new three-cylinder 1-litre T-GDi Kappa engine as well as the company's first double-clutch transmissions (DCT).

Toyota heading for Mexico too?

After Kia Motors, could Toyota Motor Corporation be seeking a location for a new plant in Mexico?

According to rumours, the automaker is understood to be reviewing several Mexican states and company executives have met with Mexican federal officials for preliminary talks on the potential new plant, according to sources “with direct knowledge of the matter”. 

Mexico: here we come, say BMW, Kia

BMW is to build a new 150,000-a-year vehicle assembly plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The new plant comes online in 2019 and will employ 1,500.

BMW AG board member responsible for production, Harald Kruger, said: "Mexico is an ideal location for the BMW Group and will be another important plant within our production network. This decision underscores our commitment to the NAFTA region”.

Kia launches Soul EV in Chicago

Kia Motors has used the Chicago Auto Show to unveil its “first mass-production” electric vehicle, the Soul EV.

Set to go on sale in the US in third quarter 2014, to be followed later by Europe and the UK, the Soul EV will be Kia's “first all-electric, zero-emissions car” to be sold in the US.