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Road Test: 2022 Kia K5 GT 2.5L

Clean Fleet Report

Built on an all-new platform, the K5 is wider, longer and lower than the Optima, more powerful, and takes design cues from the performance minded Kia Stinger. So what does Kia do? The 2022 Kia K5 GT is offered with one engine and transmission. Observations: 2022 Kia K5 GT 2.5L. Dressed to go. More Power.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

The 2022 Kia Rio S is a small car with much going for it. The front-wheel drive 2022 Kia Rio is powered by a 1.6-liter As a test, part of those miles were driven with the cruise control set at 65 mph where we averaged 44 mpg, and at 60 mph resulting in 51.4 The base price for the 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door is $17,090.

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Kia outlines 5-year plan for more green vehicles; Optima PHEV, Niro hybrid, FCV; $10.2B investment

Green Car Congress

Kia Motors outlined its mid- to long-term plans for the development of a greatly increased range of environmentally friendly vehicles, with the goal of becoming a leader in the low-emissions car market by 2020. The new investment by Hyundai Motor Group, Kia’s parent company, totals 11.3 Kia Niro Production Model Rendering.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Stinger GT-Line RWD

Clean Fleet Report

All-new in 2018, the 2022 Kia Stinger continues to turn heads by those that know cars. This coupe was Kia’s first entry into the five-passenger, four-door sportback GT world–and they got it right. Designed in Kia’s Frankfurt, Germany, design studio and built in Sohari, Korea, the Stinger is truly a world car. Powertrain.

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This electric supercar maker is launching a robotaxi service with Kia’s help

Baua Electric

Rimac’s first model, the Concept_One, was introduced in 2016 and was already considered one of the fastest production models. In comparison, the Tesla Model S Plaid has a 0 to 60 mph in 1.99 The electric supercar maker plans to launch a robotaxi with backing from Kia. It can sprint from 0 to 60 in 1.74

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Future Cars: Concept EVs for 2023 and Beyond

Clean Fleet Report

2016) has had as many twists and turns as a Halloween corn maze. Kia is ready to go big with its next EV–the EV9. Hot on the heels of the well-received Kia EV6 , the Kia EV9 three-row SUV is slated to begin production in second quarter 2023 and American sales sometime in early 2024. With a 0-60 mph time of 3.2

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

The concept for an all-EV reboot of the classic Type 2 Microbus appeared in 2016 and was confirmed for production in August 2017. Ford, Hyundai, Kia, and GM will all launch vehicles into that segment over the next couple of years. The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time.