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Toyota Scammed Customers With Maintenance Plan: Lawsuit

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Good morning! It’s Wednesday, March 27, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Even EVs Can’t Get A Break From The Heat 1st Gear: Toyota Sued For Maintenace Plan Scam A … Read more

Kia’s Bold New K4 Hatchback Will Surprisingly Be Sold In The U.S.

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Screenshot: Kia America/ YouTube Kia just announced its new compact sedan and Forte replacement, the head-turning K4, which comes as a bit of a surprise given that crossovers are the current hot topic. What’s even more surprising was the quick preview of a five door K4 hatchback during Kia’s press conference, which was confirmed to … Read more

The 2025 Kia K4 Looks Better, Makes Less Power Than The Forte

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Sedans, in the United States, are dying. As much as we all love them, the world at large would rather have the perceived practicality and capability of a crossover than the sleek lines and tighter handling of a lower sedan. Luckily for us few, though, the automakers haven’t thrown in the towel on four-doors yet … Read more

U.S. Slows Mandatory EV Transition Through 2030

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Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 21, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. My Mini Is Getting A Bit Cramped For Me And My Dogs | What Car Should You Buy? … Read more

All-New Kia K4’s Bold Design Proves Sedan’s Aren’t Dead

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The sedan isn’t dead. Kia just laid down the law in the world of compact sedan design, blowing away the bland and unwieldy shapes currently occupying the market. The new replacement for the aging Kia Forte sedan is called K4, and it’s here to kick ass. Kia’s design team calls this new language “twist logic” … Read more

Kia India to hike vehicle prices by up to 3 pc from April 1

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New Delhi: Kia India on Thursday said it will increase prices of its range of vehicles by up to 3 per cent from April 1, 2024. The decision is attributed to the escalation in commodity prices and supply chain-related inputs, the automaker, which sells models like Seltos, Sonet and Carens, said in a statement. It … Read more

This Kia EV9 Finance Deal Is The Worst I’ve Ever Seen

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Image: Kia A sucker walks into a new car dealership every minute. Dealership showroom floors are practically delivery rooms for freshly-born suckers. There are shiny new cars on the floor, and rapacious young sales professionals just waiting to lure you into something you can’t afford, don’t need, or otherwise shouldn’t own. I’ve seen them work … Read more

Remember That Time Kia Built A Lotus?

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Korean automaker Kia wasn’t exactly known for building quality desirable cars in the 1990s, when it was mostly cranking out economically sound vehicles like the Mazda-based Sephia and Sportage. These were a step up from the Kia-built Ford Festiva and Aspire, but barely. The brand was on the lookout for new ways to deliver a … Read more

New Dodge Charger Recreates The Kia Stinger And I Am Eternally Grateful

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I’m a big fan of the Kia Stinger, so much so that I think it’s one of the best vehicle introductions of the last decade. It was wonderful: a four-door sedan with GT-like proportions and a liftback powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 engine — and you could have it with all-wheel drive. Unless you spent … Read more

Kia Seltos: Do you own a Kia Seltos? The company is recalling some cars. Check details here

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Kia India announced on Friday that it is voluntarily recalling 4,358 units of a petrol variant of its mid-sized sports utility vehicle Seltos to replace the electronic oil pump controller. “Kia is recalling Smartstream G1.5 Petrol Seltos with IVT transmission, manufactured between February 28 and July 13, 2023,” the South Korean automaker said in a … Read more