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Just like it did with the K5 midsize sedan yesterday, Kia today showed the design of its updated Carnival minivan for the Korean market. The Sedona replacement is indeed due for a mid-cycle refresh, and we’ll see it in Canada next year as a 2025 model. While it may not …

Introduced in 2021 as a replacement for the uninspiring Optima midsize sedan, the Kia K5 is essentially unchanged for 2024. However, things will be different the following year. The 2025 K5 is set to receive a significant mid-cycle refresh including updated styling and new technology, as we can see from …

Kia ’s first-ever EV Day in South Korea focused a lot on the third member of the company’s next-generation electric vehicle lineup, the EV5 . This compact SUV with boxy styling was initially shown at a previous event in China back in August. Riding on the same modular platform as …

As promised last week, Kia held its first-ever EV Day today in South Korea and unveiled two new concepts that will expand the brand’s global electric vehicle portfolio in the coming years. The focus of the presentation was styling both inside and out, leaving specs and other technical details to …

Kia will host a global “EV Day” in its home market of South Korea on October 12 and wants to make it the start of an annual tradition aimed at “solidifying the brand as a leader in sustainable mobility.” A shadowy picture released today hints at five vehicles that will …

Hyundai and Kia are once again under fire (pun intended, of course) due to a safety problem that may result in vehicles catching fire. A bit more than 600,000 units in Canada now have to be recalled. This includes 326,942 Hyundai vehicles, to be exact. Affected models are the 2012-2015 …

You’d think modern minivans are some of the safest vehicles on the road especially when it comes to protecting all those kids sitting inside. As it turns out, they’re lagging behind. None of the four MY2023 minivans recently tested by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) earned an …

BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis announced on Wednesday they will form a joint venture to develop a new, high-powered charging network in North America in order to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. Without specifying a timetable, they said their goal is to offer at least …

The current-generation Kia Sorento was introduced for 2021, so a mid-cycle refresh is in order. The company today gave us a preview by showing the model that will go on sale in South Korea later this year. As you can see on the pictures, the Sorento appears to somewhat adopt …

Small cars and muscle cars are by far some of the deadliest vehicles on the road in terms of driver death rate, according to a new study released by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). “We typically find that smaller vehicles have high driver death rates because they …