The Koreans have been the talk of all sales and product expectation recently but for all their success they still have some problems. Hyundai, for example, have recently announced that the sales rate of their Elantra model will soon drop. The reason behind the drop is the fact that production facilities can't keep up with the rising demand. Sure, if...
Kia's Soul is a pretty nice car as far as the technical aspect is concerned and it's nothing short of epic as far as the cult movement behind it is. By cult movement I mean youngsters looking for a cool and cheap car that can carry at least one keg to whatever party the destination is at. The Koreans are...
The Koreans may have struck gold with the current generation of the 2011 Kia Optima but they missed a point with the previous generation of this car. The 2006-2008 model year of the Kia Optima sedan because there's a problem that's related to the transmission. The NHTSA discovered that there's a situation where the cars can roll backwards and forwards...
Overall, I'd say the 2011 Chicago Motor Show is turning out to be more of a surprise than I originally thought and the cherry on top of it is Kia's latest release at the event. Don't think I've lost my mind and that I plan to rave on about how the Koreans are taking over the world. The thing is,...
I remember how a few years back I started laughing at the idea of how GM were re-branding Daewoo products into Chevrolet ones. This didn't seem to clash with the idea at General Motors and the Americans keep on hitting it home with the name change. And in reading the latest announcement we've reached a simple conclusion, it is now...
I reckon my sympathy for the Koreans at Hyundai and their recent work is shared by many people. Actually it's shared by hundreds of thousands of people. I'm saying this because as the year draws near to an end Hyundai has announced their sales figures for 2010 and posted a new record. This year, Hyundai sold no less than 200.000...
