With sales soaring, Kia has launched big incentives to switch to its expanding range of electric models. Offers begin this week and end Monday,30 September, with 2.9 per cent APR on finance options for EV6 (above), Niro EV and Soul EV; 4.9 per cent APR available on the fully electric Kia EV9; upgrade to EV with a £500 saving for existing finance customers … [Read more...]
Newslines 4 June
A special bonus awaits customers buying a new Toyota hybrid, plug-in hybrid or all-electric car or van during June – £1,000 to spend on their choice of Toyota products and services. Rather than tying the customer to a particular saving or benefit, Toyota is letting them choose how they use their £1,000, from raising their new car’s specification with extra … [Read more...]
KIA blazing a trail through Wales
The Kia Sportage is blazing a trail as the latest recruit to join Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Covering nearly 12,000 square kilometers - almost two-thirds of Wales it is served by 58 stations across six counties and MAWWFRS attends around 255 incidents weekly on average. The five Kia Sportage PHEV ‘GT-Line’ in eye-catching infra-red … [Read more...]
Gravells excel for Kia UK
Gravells of Bridgend has swept the board in the annual Kia UK dealer awards. The 2022 Kia Dealer Excellence Awards celebrate the best performing dealerships of the past year and each of the award winners were commended for their exceptional efforts over the past twelve months across sales, after sales and customer experience categories. For the second … [Read more...]
Kia wheels out fifth generation Sportage
Kia UK hosted the Western Group of Motoring Writers this week in The Cotswolds to test drive their latest range of new and updated models ranging from the small Picanto up to the new EV6 all electric flagship saloon. But the line-up didn’t include their traditionally best selling model range, the Sportage mid-sized SUV. Why? Because the current Sportage … [Read more...]
Newslines 6 September
A new European specific Kia Sportage will be unveiled at the German Motor Show this week and in UK showrooms next spring. A new plug-in hybrid variant will be in the line up when it comes to Britain next year and it features a curved screen for instruments and features to be displayed to the driver. Hagerty research suggests Government information on … [Read more...]
Kia roll out money and finance savings
Kia has announced its new range of offers for Q4, available throughout its 190-strong dealership network until the end of the year. Customers taking a test drive in the Sportage between now and the end of December will benefit from an additional £500 saving if they go on to buy any model in the Sportage line-up. All Sportage diesel models now benefit from … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Kia Sportage GT-Line S 48v
Success can be measured or judged in many ways, and one of those is behind the wheel of the Kia Sportage, writes Robin Roberts. It is the Korean’s brand’s best selling model in Britain, and last year a record number of Kia models were sold including their globally best-selling SUV. So it can be said to be the most desired model in their UK range since … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Kia Sportage improves for 2019
The Sportage is Kia’s best selling model in Europe with over five million global sales during its 25 years of production through four generations, writes David Miles. In the UK 40,000 were sold last year and so far this year nearly 30,000 have found UK home making it the UK’s 10thbest selling model range overall. The Sportage accounts 40% of the company’s … [Read more...]
Kia keeping eyes on balls and other things
As the World Cup kicks off this week, David Miles looks at the rise of one of its major supporters and a global player among the car makers- Kia. Brand awareness through sponsorship is vital in these days of a very competitive and sometimes struggling new car market with diesel emissions and uncertainty over Brexit the latest issues to unsettle … [Read more...]