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One has to accept some inalienable truths. Despite the global pandemic, India’s love affair with SUVs continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Last month’s sales figures show that of the top 20 best sellers, five are SUVs, of which three are from the most coveted class – the compact segment. Competition will only intensify further with the launch of the Kia Sonet, next Friday. The Sonet will be available in three powertrain options, the naturally aspirated 82bhp 1.2-litre petr...
A sneak peek at Kia Motors India's Compact SUV Concept
Kia Motors India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation, today, revealed a sneak-peek of its upcoming concept compact SUV from its stable. The concept will be globally unveiled at the upcoming Delhi Auto Expo 2020 and is the third offering from Kia Motors for India. With its modern, dynamic and bold design, this concept will be a testimony of Kia’s focus on consumer-insight driven product innovation and orientation. This bold concept along with its head-turning looks,...
Kia Motors India temporarily suspends operations at Anantpur plant
In view of the unprecedented situation arising out of the spread of COVID-19 and keeping in mind the safety and well-being of all their consumers, employees, workers, partners, and associates pan India, Kia Motors India has decided to suspend all its operations with immediate effect. With this, company’s manufacturing facility in Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) and company office premises will stop functioning until further notice. All their dealerships remain on call and ...
Kia Motors Corporation appoints Ho-sung Song as President
Kia Motors Corporation today announced the elevation of Mr. Ho-sung Song, Head of Global Operations Division, to the President of the organisation. In his new capacity, Mr. Song will spearhead the advancement of ‘Plan S’, the company’s mid- to long-term strategy aimed at progressively establishing a leadership position in the future automotive industry. Mr. Song’s extensive experience across the automotive value chain as well as his expertise in overseas operations ...
Kia Motors India pledges INR 2 crores to fight Coronavirus
Kia Motors India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation today pledged INR 2 crores to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. In its endeavour to tackle the impact of COVID-19 and provide immediate and long-term relief against the outbreak in the state, Kia Motors India Managing Director Kookhyun Shim met Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sh. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and handed over the cheque at the Camp office in Tadepally. While the Indian gov...
Kia Motors India announces measures to support dealers during Covid-19 pandemic
Kia Motors India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation has announced several measures to support its dealer partners in difficult times of Covid-19. The company announced a program to help its dealers steer through the challenging phase, which includes multiple initiatives to sustain and improve the cash flow to the dealer partners. Kia Motors India has evaluated the current situation and looked at various areas of the business where it can support its dealer partners. Su...
Kia Motors India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation, today announced its hygiene-focused healthy drive campaign called ‘Kia Care” to ensure high standards of safety in vehicle servicing. The campaign is an industry first initiative where cars will be given sanitisation free of cost on first come, first serve basis. This programme comes on stream across Kia Motors India’s network of 192 service touch points in 160 cities in India. The ‘Kia Care’ ...
Kia Motors ranked #1 brand in industry in J.D. Power U.S. Initial Quality Study
Kia ranked number one in the industry today by J.D. Power in the 2020 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with a reported 136 problems per 100 vehicles. And for the sixth consecutive year, Kia is the number one mass-market automotive brand. Kia’s continued success in IQS was led by having two models – Forte and Soul -- included among the top 10 vehicles in the industry. Kia also had segment-best performances from Forte, Sedona (Known as Carnival in India), Sorento and Soul....
Kia Motors unveils the Sonet – an all-new smart urban compact SUV
Kia Motors Corporation, one of the world’s largest automakers, revealed the Kia Sonet to the world today in a digital presentation. Manufactured at Kia’s state-of-the-art production facility at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, the Sonet is Kia’s all-new smart urban compact SUV, and the brand’s latest made-in-India global product after the Seltos. The new Sonet marks Kia Motors’ entry into the burgeoning compact SUV segment, and sets new benchmarks with its first-in-cla...
Kia Sonet launched in India with special introductory price starting INR 6,71,000
Kia Motors India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation, today launched its first-ever compact SUV, the all-new Kia Sonet in India. The Sonet entry-level HTE smartstream G1.2 5MT variant debuts at a competitive price of INR 6,71,000 (ex-showroom, pan-India). The made-in-India for the world Kia Sonet is being offered with the widest variety in its category in terms of powertrains and trims. In total, the Sonet is being offered across 17 variants, including two petrol engines, two...
Kia Seltos Anniversary Edition launched, boasts more adventurous and distinctive design
Kia Motors India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation, today launched the Kia Seltos Anniversary Edition to celebrate its one-year milestone in the country. The limited edition Kia Seltos will be available exclusively in the HTX trim starting at an exciting price of INR 13,75,000 (ex-showroom, pan India). The Kia Seltos Anniversary Edition comes with many exterior and interior changes over the regular Seltos including Tusk Shape Skid plate with Silver Diffuser fins, Tang...
Kia Motors India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kia Corporation, became the fastest carmaker to achieve 200,000 units of wholesale domestic sales in the country. After registering a sales figure of 100,000 sales units in July 2020, the brand has registered sales of the second 100,000 units within a record 6-months’ time. The maker of Seltos, Sonet and Carnival, has successfully dispatched 200,000 Kia vehicles to its dealerships across India within seventeen months of sales operations in ...
Kia Motors India appoints Hardeep Singh Brar as National Head of Sales and Marketing
Kia Motors India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kia Corporation, today announced the appointment of Mr. Hardeep Singh Brar as National Head of Sales and Marketing, with immediate effect. Brar will be responsible for enhancing Kia’s leadership position in the Indian market and for enabling the next wave of growth. Brar brings over two decades of experience in the automotive industry to Kia, having most recently served at Great Wall Motors as Director Marketing & Sales. Pri...
Kia Motors India changes its official name to ‘Kia India’
Kia India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kia Corporation, has announced its new corporate name - ‘Kia India’ as a part of its new brand identity and brand purpose of ‘Movement that Inspires’. The name change which symbolises Kia becoming an enterprise that invests in and produces more than just vehicles to offer a long-range of sustainable mobility solutions. The brand has removed the word ‘Motors’ from its earlier name after ratification by the Mi...
