3,135,803. That’s how many cars Kia sold in 2025, a record-breaking result for the brand after a two percent increase over the previous year. For 2026, Kia has an even more ambitious goal: 3,350,000 units. As it aims to increase sales by more than 200,000 vehicles compared to last year, the company is launching several
This month, Kia recalled more than 460,000 Telluride SUVs due to fire hazard – second such reminder for the automaker over the past 2 years. Both recalls affect model year 2020-2024 vehicles, and for the same defect. The cause is overheating of the seat motors. done and according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)The
Kia recalls 463,000 Telluride SUVs for a second time because the seat motor may catch fire. The seat switch may be dislocated or misaligned, causing the seat to constantly move and the motor to overheat. Kia previously recalled these vehicles in 2024 for the same issue and fixed the problem with the bracket. Kia has
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. Recalls are an annoying but inevitable aspect of modern car manufacturing and ownership, especially as vehicles become increasingly more complex. The best you can hope for is that when your car develops
Tesla’s long-wheelbase model YL arrives in the US today, July 3, 2026, with a starting price of $61,990, an EPA-rated range of 325 miles, and a six-seat layout that Tesla is pitching as a direct answer to three-row family crossovers. It’s the clearest sign yet that Tesla intends to fill the gap left by the
The 2027 Kia Niro comes with a sharper exterior, a more modern cabin, and one notable subtraction: the EV and plug-in hybrid variants are gone. For a nameplate that was once positioned as a one-stop electrification shop – offering buyers a standard hybrid, a PHEV and a fully electric version all under one roof –
Kia gave the 2027 Niro a sharper face, more tech, and a very significant change for the US: the small crossover is now hybrid-only. This means the Niro EV is gone from the US lineup for at least the 2027 model year. So is the plug-in hybrid version, which had already faded from American menus.
Here’s the strange thing about the 2026 Kia. The brand has turned the phrase “record sales” into background noise over the past three years. One more month, Another all-time high, another press release that no one outside the industry bothered to read. So, when the May figures came in, and the headline total came in
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. You may have left behind ultraviolet light sanitizers along with other bad memories of the coronavirus pandemic, but not Hyundai and Kia. Both automakers have developed hardware that can clean the interior
Cigarettes are bad for your health, but lighting them usually won’t burn your car. A series of unfortunate events caused exactly that to happen in Gamewell, North Carolina. According to reports, both people, including a child, survived, although one was hospitalized with burns charlotte observer. Authorities did not identify