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Kia Motors Cee’d No. 1 Compact Car in Europe

November 20, 2007 - 9:52 am | Category: Kia News davelal9

Kia Motors Ceed has been selected as one of the best cars in Europe. It was ranked fourth in the Car of the Year awards by European motoring journalists, following the Fiat 500, Mazda 2 and Ford’s Mondeo.

The Cee’d beat famous contenders such as the Toyota Auris, Nissan Tiida and Peugeot 30.

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New Kia Rebates, Incentives, and Special 0% Interest Rates for November 2007

Year end is a great time to buy a new Kia. Consumers can choose the Special Financing low interest rate incentive, or the Cash Back Rebate option. For example, if your lucky enough to find a 2007 Kia Optima on our lot (we can still get them via a dealer trade), Choose between a 0% interest rate APR plus $500 Bonus Cash, or a $1,500 Cash Back Rebate.

Call us at (248) 682-6002 or stop by before December 3rd, that’s when these great incentives end.

As you can see in the following list, there are allot of reasons to buy a Kia in November: (Read More…)



Kia Concept Cars – Kue, Mesa, Kee, and Soul

November 17, 2007 - 11:45 pm | Category: Kia News davelal9

As Michigan’s newest Kia Dealer we’re really excited about the new Kia’s that will be hitting the show room over the next couple years. Detroit engineers have to pull a few all nighters to keep pace.

Kia Mesa The Kia Mesa
The Mesa first debuted at the 2005 Detroit Auto Show. We can’t wait for
this 3.5 liter, 24 valve V6 beauty, with 22 inch wheel to show up.

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Kia Announces 2008 Sportage And Picanto – carpages

November 17, 2007 - 11:12 pm | Category: Kia Sportage davelal9

carpages
Kia Announces 2008 Sportage And Picanto
carpages, UK – Nov 16, 2007
Kia Motors UK is happy to announce that the new 2008 Sportage and Picanto models are now on sale throughout the UK. The Sportage has been an SUV favourite


Hyundai, Kia Cars Among Safest Models – Korea Times

November 17, 2007 - 11:01 pm | Category: Kia News davelal9

KBCI CBS 2
Hyundai, Kia Cars Among Safest Models
Korea Times, South Korea – Nov 16, 2007
By Ryu Jin Four minivans and sport utility vehicles (suvs) of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors have been included in the list of 34 “safest” cars selected by
Kia Debuts KND-4 Concept Vehicle in Los Angeles Autochannel (press release)
2008 Kia Sedona Awarded ‘Top Safety Pick’ by Insurance Institute PR Newswire (press release)
all 505 news articles


Kia Motors America names new president and CEO – Trading Markets (press release)

November 17, 2007 - 10:29 pm | Category: Kia News davelal9
Kia Motors America names new president and CEO
Trading Markets (press release), CA - Nov 13, 2007
Nov 13, 2007 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) — KIMTY | charts | news | powerrating — Kia Motors America has announced that it will promote Len Hunt to the


Review how Kia Rio compares to Toyota Yaris

November 13, 2007 - 9:39 pm | Category: Kia Rio davelal9

Warranty Review

The Kia Rio basic warranty offers 2 years / 24,000 miles more coverage than the Toyota Yaris and 5 years / 40,000 miles more power train coverage.In addition to a better warranty, the Rio also comes with 24 hour road side assistance for 5 years and 60,000 miles, with the Yaris you have to pay extra for this coverage.

Style Review

The Kia Rio has both a sedan and hatchback model while the Toyota Yaris has only a sedan model. In addition, 16-inch alloy wheels are available with the Kia, while the Toyota only offers 15-inch steal wheels. No matter how you dress it up, the Rio looks better than the Yaris. (Read More…)



Kia Sportage EX V6 Beats the Honda CR-V EX

November 9, 2007 - 11:53 pm | Category: Kia Sportage davelal9

If you’re thinking of buying a new Honda CR-V visit a local Detroit Honda dealer, take it for a test drive, and get a price quote. Then head over to Summit Place Kia, Metro Detroit’s newest Kia Dealer and take a Kia Sportage EX for a test drive. Chances are you’ll take your new Kia Sportage home the same day.

“In fact, this may be the best time of all to buy a Kia Sportage, before the company gets wise and figures the product can stand alone without a great warranty and other service extras.”
Detroit News online (DetNews.com)

Cost of Ownership

The Kia Sportage EX’s base MSRP is over $1,100 less than the Honda CR-V and usually has an extra cash rebate, at the time of this post, the Sportage has an additional $1,250 rebate. The Kia warranty beats the Honda warranty as well. (Read More…)