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Kia's Optima Hybrid promises to deliver superior hybrid performance and fuel efficiency(22/11/2010)
Kia Motors Corporation has held the world premiere of its all-new Optima Hybrid sedan at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Created primarily with the US market in mind, the latest model in Kia's design-led transformation employs a Kia-developed powertrain that promises to deliver exceptional hybrid performance and 48 mpg class-leading fuel efficiency. Arriving in US Kia dealer showrooms early next year, the Optima Hybrid is the brand's first-ever hyb... [more]
Kia Motors secures a deal to supply 120 cee'd SW EcoDynamics to technology companies (31/08/2010)
Kia Motors (UK) Limited has secured a deal to supply 120 vehicles over three years to leading building technologies group. The fleet of cee'd SW EcoDynamics will be used by engineers within security, tele-care and fire protection companies – namely, Cirrus, Interphone Security Group and Instant Fire Protection – whilst they visit clients across the United Kingdom to perform installations, upgrades and on-site maintenance. Following a review i... [more]
Some Kia cee'd and Picanto models require remedial work to avoid possible safety issues(22/06/2010)
Kia Motors (UK) Ltd., is contacting the owners of the 468 cee'd 5-door, SW and 3-door vehicles built between April 1 2008 and March 30, 2009 to arrange for no-cost work to be carried out to replace the brake master cylinder. Kia has identified that up to 468 cee'd models could suffer from insufficient brake force from the master cylinder on vehicles featuring Electronic Stability Programme systems. The company is not aware of any accidents ha... [more]
Kia Motors extends the benefits of the UK scrappage scheme with 7 Year Switch(17/03/2010)
Kia Motors is extending the benefits of the UK scrappage scheme with the introduction of 7 Year Switch, offering owners of cars over seven years old the chance to trade up to a new Kia, take home a seven year warranty and save up to £2,000 off the list price. The 7 Year Switch gives customers the chance to knock £2,000 off a Kia Soul, pro_cee’d, cee’d SW and cee'd. Or, they could save £1,500 off any Picanto, Rio or Venga. The urban-friendl... [more]
Kia Motors reports new car sales increase of more than six per cent(08/01/2009)
Tough economic conditions saw the UK new car market fall in 2008 by 11.3 per cent to 2.13 million and some brands register second-half falls of more than 30 per cent. However Kia Motors (UK) Limited ended 2008 with a total new car sales figure of 31,323 - an increase of more than six per cent over 2007 despite the economic downturn that has plagued the UK market. Kia’s retail market share increased to almost 1.8 per cent and in the market as a... [more]
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India auto sales climb 7.2% in January: industry
New car sales in India climbed 7.2 percent year-on-year in January as the sector showed further signs of recovery from its slump in 2011, an industry body said on Wednesday.
Car sales head for first annual fall in 10 years
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Annual car sales in India are likely to drop for the first time since 2002 in the fiscal year ending March after January sales fell short of expectations, an industry body said. Car sales, which grew 30 percent in the year ending March 2011, posted their first monthly fall in three years last July as high financing and running costs deterred buyers. "The car industry is too ...
India car sales head for 1st annual fall in 10 years
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Annual car sales in India are likely to drop for the first time since 2002 in the fiscal year ending March after January sales fell short of expectations, an industry body said.
Car sales to fall in 10 years despite growth in January
Car sales grew for the third straight month in January by 7.2 percent, but the industry for the first time since 2002 is expected to miss its annual sales target of up to 2 percent, data released by the manufacturers Wednesday showed.
Car sales may see 1st decline in a decade
Car sales look headed for their first annual decline after more than a decade as poor demand throughout 2011-12 will see the industry end up the year in red, auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) said.
Car sales grew 7.2 percent in January
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Car makers started 2012 on a positive note, with sales up 7.2 percent in January -- the third consecutive month of gains after a lacklustre 2011, according to data released by an industry body Wednesday.
Auto industry may miss 2011/12 sales target - industry body
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's auto industry may miss a car sales growth expectation of 0-2 percent in the fiscal year that ends in March if sales continue at their current pace, an industry body executive ...
New UK car sales edge higher in January: industry data
Sales of new cars in Britain crept higher in January, official figures showed on Monday, as the market showed encouraging signs of stabilisation.
Toyota official sees 2012 Philippine car sales growing 7%
The Philippine car industry will recover this year with sales increasing by 7 percent to 177,000 units from 165,000 in 2011, Rommel Gutierrez, Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines president, told GMA News Online.
Car sales may miss 0-2% growth target in; rise 7% in Jan
According to the figures released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday, domestic passenger car sales grew by 7.20 per cent to 1,96,013 units in January against 1,82,852 units in the same month last year.
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