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Cars manufactured by the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group have been picked by Consumer Digest magazine in the U.S. as the "2010 Automotive Best Buys." Some 240 models were reviewed on a range of criteria including design, performance, and maintenance costs.

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Thus far, the Kia Sorento hasn't made much of a name for itself in the overcrowded world of SUVs.

The automaker is targeting 350,000 retail sales of models including the Forte and Soul small cars in the U.S. on a preliminary basis, compared with a projection of about 300,000 for 2009, said Executive Vice President Thomas Oh, who heads Kia's business in the Americas.

Kia has both given and taken away at its latest product launch. It's added a good-looking two-door coupe, the first it's ever offered, but has introduced a new version of its Sorento SUV that's been stripped of much its predecessor's off-road ability.

Struggling Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday it climbed back into the black in the latest quarter and predicted a smaller yearly loss thanks to soaring demand in China.

While the sedan model is quite short and stubby from the outside, the three-door hatchback is the clear winner from the exterior, with a more cohesive shape that looks more sophisticated from a distance.

With Kia's flagship Amanti sedan getting a little long in the tooth, and with several new or redesigned models presently in its line-up, it comes as no surprise that a replacement is waiting in the wings.

Kia Motors says it will reopen the application process for production and maintenance jobs at its new assembly plant in West Point.

November 3, 2009: Kia Motors America returns to the Las Vegas Convention center and brings stylized and enhanced concept vehicles for display at the 2009 SEMA Show.

" The U.S. publication, Consumer's Digest has chosen 36 vehicles and 12 companion models to receive its Best Buy ratings out of 240 vehicles tested.

Our first drive of the thoroughly reconceived 2011 Kia Sorento outlined the wholesale scrapping of the first-gen vehicle's Mercedes M-Class wannabe styling and body-on-frame tow-monster architecture in favor of the latest mode of fashion, the carlike crossover.

Fuel consumption: 67.3 mpg CO2 emissions: 110 g/km Rivals: Hyundai i30 Comfort 1.6 CRDi, Ford Focus ECOnetic, Skoda Octavia Greenline When Kia launched the cee'd less than three years ago, it really made the car industry and the motoring press sit up and take notice.

Found 5 expert reviews, showing 1-5: Many of the rival models in this segment have been restyled more recently than the Spectra, which bears a design that goes back to 2004.

I'VE driven both turbo diesel and petrol versions of Kia's latest Rio supermini and it is a cracking not so little car.

Not only are consumers not spending, their actual attitudes toward spending have changed.

The 2011 Ford Fiesta is no stranger to the press these days, in fact, Ford should be given major kudos for their social media campaigns around the Fiesta.

A picture of the side view of the 2011 Kia Sorento crossover. Kia will build the 2011 Sorento crossover at its factory in Georgia.

Kia Motors continues its full-fledged design and vehicle lineup transformation and today Kia Motors America introduces the all-new 2011 Sorento CUV.

More than five years ago, General Motors Corp. acquired parts of South Korea 's Daewoo Corp.