2012 Kia Sportage 2.0 CRDi KX-2 AWD Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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What have the original Audi TT and the new Kia Sportage got in common? Answer – they share the same designer, Peter Schreyer, whose modern and stylish work is considerably responsible for Kia’s current surge in popularity. We’ve recently given the Kia Optima a massive thumbs-up and quite liked the Kia Soul. This time it’s the Kia Sportage which gets a going-over. If you can picture what the original Kia Sportage looks like, saying that the new one is leaps and bounds Read The Rest...

2012 Kia Soul Hunter 1.6 GDi Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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Believe it or not, the funky little Kia Soul is now four years old, so Kia decided to give it a bit of a fettle and tweak for 2012. Living with a Kia Soul in ‘Hunter’ spec from their ‘Originals’ range for a week, was Oliver able to see why the Soul has become such a common sight on Britain’s roads? Looking somewhat like a cross between an alien, a robot and an insect from the front, with a boxy and utilitarian but Read The Rest...

Kia Optima 1.7 CRDi 2 Tech Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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As the Kia Press Office and many on Twitter are aware, a Kia Optima was responsible for making me miss my motorway junction one night! As a car reviewer and motor industry chap, my eyes always hone in on newly-launched or rare cars. So you guessed it, when I spotted this, my first Optima out in the wild, I followed behind it to weigh up its rear looks, inadvertently missing my junction in the process. I knew I had a Read The Rest...

KIA Sorento 2.2 CRDI KX3 Sat Nav AWD Road Test Review by Oliver Hammond

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The KIA Sorento may not be on the tip of everyone’s tongues when it comes to 4x4s, so as a self-confessed lover of SUVs and a relative newcomer to the KIA brand, was Oliver left impressed after a week with the 2.2 diesel manual version of KIA’s new Sorento? The original KIA Sorento was introduced by the Korean firm a decade ago in 2002. It was biased towards being a very capable off-road vehicle, built around a truck-like, ladder frame chassis Read The Rest...