The new Kia Sorento range has been revealed for UK. It gets Hybrid power for the first time with a self-charging 226bhp 1.6 petrol hybrid and 199bhp 2.2 diesel opening the sales to be followed by a petrol plug-in hybrid later this year and prices start at £38,845 for the three trim levels, 2, 3 and 4. The face-lifted Kia Stinger has also appeared in Korea. The fastback sports saloon changes … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Kia Stinger 3.3T-GDi V6 GTS
The Kia Stinger 3.3V6 is going to lift eye-brows and expectations for the Korean brand. Its £40,000-plus price is expensive for those use to its stablemates while its styling, performance and refinement will have drivers of rival German brands thinking why couldn’t they save money and move into this newcomer. With input from former Audi and BMW leading engineers perhaps we … [Read more...]
Newslines 7 August
An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation is being held into the death of a driver whose car was stopped by South Wales Police on the M4 north of Cardiff on Saturday evening. Police were concerned about the driving of the red Ford Focus and deployed a tyre-piercing stinger on the eastbound carriageway between junctions 32 and 30 and after the suspicious car went over the stinger … [Read more...]