Wheelers Blog & News tagged "Kia"

Looks like Kia is strongly committing to its slogan “The Power to Surprise”, the Korean automaker surprised us with many new worthwhile models in 2017: The redesigned Picanto, the new Rio and the all new Stinger.   The surprises will keep on coming in 2018 as Kia will soon roll out their all new Small SUV, the Kia Stonic- an odd combination of the words Speedy and Tonic but it seems pretty promising!       Will Kia rule all small SUVs with this one?   Well, the Stonic is set to...

    The smallest model of the KIA family gets a fresh new look and it suddenly isn’t so “Low-profile” anymore…     The all new redesigned Picanto was launched a couple of weeks ago in Lebanon and NATCO already managed to sell their GT-Line stock. If you’re planning on getting yourself a GT you will probably have to pre-order it now and wait another month for delivery.   While the older Picanto looked rather bubbly, the new racy-looking model sure seems angrier and more charismatic on...

For the past 5 years KIA has been dropping teasers about a sporty sedan in the works and it’s finally here. KIA has finally unveiled the production body for its rear-wheel-drive performance vehicle.   Design:       The design is actually pretty neat, it’s got the typical KIA “tiger nose” radiator grille to start with but its sharp muscular profile doesn’t look like anything KIA has ever produced before.   It’s sharply sloping rear end and spoiler lip kind of looks familiar… almost...

The All New Picanto: A weird combination between the current Picanto and the Rio but we dig it anyway!   A couple of weeks back the third generation KIA picanto’s undisguised front end was leaked and it’s a weird combination between the current Picanto and the Rio but we dig it anyway. An accurate rendering of this compact hatchback gives us a closer and clearer view of what it will really look like. The third gen KIA Picanto will get the wide “tiger-nose” grille, bug-eyed headlamps with...

 "It’s not a Kia, but it’s still good”,  Rafael Nadal, Kia’s Brand ambassador and winner of ATP’s tournament commented upon receiving a brand new Mercedes AMG GT as a prize. Not fascinated by the bright yellow color of his new vehicle, the Spanish tennis player who’s been representing Kia for almost 10 years subtly asked if he can change the color! Perhaps beating Victor Troicki in the final game and winning his 1st title on grass since 2010 is more satisfying for him than owning the...