The Kia China line up is quite frankly, pretty damned good. They have a wide range of vehicles, from small hatchbacks (i.e. the recently launched Kia Cerato hatchback) to large sedans (Oprius) and SUVs of compact and full sized models (Kia Sportage and Kia Sorento). Kia plans to increase its line up with the rather impressive looking Kia Soul (above) The Soul is expected to first hit the European and Korean markets, and then at the same time go on the market in China and the USA. Chinese automotive journalists say the Soul is expected to hit the Chinese market in March 2009, alongside the mechanically similar, but differently designed Hyundai i30
The Kia Sportage is an imported vehicle into the PRC, but according to news reports Dongfeng Kia are planning to put the Sportage into production in China with prices ranging from 160,000rmb to 230,000rmb, we cant confirm the rumors but the lowest model is allegedly a 2.7 4×4 Automatic model which really does sound like a lot of motor for the money. If this is true, then it certainly got China Car Times attention.
Published by Ash November 13th, 2006
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Check out this Chinese TV commercial for Zhong Hua, via Youtube, here’s another.
Have to say, Zhong Hua’s cars are looking great - it must be the BMW input!
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