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"Kia Hands Over Under-21 Finals Fleet".

UEFA (Germany) (Online)
5/28/2013

Kia Motors Corporation, the official automotive partner of the Under-21 finals, handed over a fleet of 59 cars to UEFA in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

With the UEFA European Under-21 Championship set to commence on 5 June, one of the final pieces in the jigsaw slotted into place at Kia's Tel Aviv headquarters. UEFA was presented with the keys to a range of modern and safe Kia flagship cars, including the all-new Carens, Sorento, Sportage, Optima and Rio, which will be used to transport teams, officials, referees and VIPs during the tournament.

The handover ceremony was attended by Gadi Sznajder, director of business development for Kia's importer to Israel: Talcar Corporation Limited; Yehuda Bar Natan, sales and marketing director; David Shultz, director of operations; Yaron Lande, Kia brand manager; Miri Moshe, marketing and communication manager; Ronit Glasman, commercial and promotion director; and tournament director Ronen Hershco.

Source: UEFA 

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2014 Kia Cadenza Stylishly Conquers the Pacific Coast.

Last week I was invited to test drive the 2014 Kia Cadenza along with a small group of other bloggers and auto journalists. The location Kia chose couldn’t have been more beautiful; we arrived in San Diego on Wednesday afternoon and took a short ride 20 miles north to Del Mar, an oceanside resort town. We stayed at the L’Auberge Del Mar, a 120 room boutique hotel on a hill overlooking the ocean. Our views were spectacular.
I heard repeated apologies from Southern Californians for the “May Gray” (overcast skies) we were experiencing, which made me laugh; I was steps from the ocean — close enough to hear it! Coming from dry, dusty West Texas, what did I have to complain about?

It was in front of the L’Auberge where I was first introduced to the 2014 Cadenza, Kia’s new luxury sedan. The funny thing is that the Cadenza had been parked right there when I first arrived — a little to the side of the valet stand and on the left of the drive-through circle — where the valet might put one of the hotel’s guest’s nicer cars. Good thing it wasn’t a snake, or it might have bit me, because I didn’t even give it a second glance; the car fit in well with its surroundings.  It was only later, when I came down for dinner, that I realized I had completely overlooked the star of this week’s show. This oversight would actually help me form my opinion about the Cadenza as the event went on.

2014 White Kia Cadenza

After an excellent dinner that evening, complete with music by local surf soul jazz group, The Red Fox Tails, we called it a night.

The Red Tail Foxes

The next morning, we met downstairs to hear m0re about the 2014 Kia Cadenza before taking our test drives. That is where I learned that, due to the success of their Optima, Kia has been attracting a “more affluent and style conscious consumer”; 40% of their shoppers come from the large, near-luxury, and the luxury segments.
So think about this: According to Kia, prior to the recession, consumers had no problem with conspicuous consumption. Now they still consume, but no one wants to be ” that guy” or ” that girl”. According to Michael Sprague, Kia’s Executive Vice President of Marketing & Communications, the Cadenza is meant to fill the emerging space between mainstream and luxury automobiles. “Smart is the new Rich”, and “Value is the new cool” were two phrases mentioned. Sprague said that before the recession, the percentage of buyers moving up from the non-luxury brands to the luxury market was 22%; the percentage of car buyers who move up to luxury cars from non-luxury brands today is now only 8%. Kia is taking advantage of this opportunity created by the space between the luxury and mainstream markets.
“There is this changing definition of wealth here in the US, driven by the recession; it used to be an ostentatious display of wealth, it used to be very success-oriented, we had to show everybody that we had arrived, [and] that we had made it. We wanted to show our achievements with all of these trophy properties and these trophy brands. But the recession really kind of levels out everybody. Consumers started to say, “you know maybe, it’s not so important. Maybe a richer life instead of a life of riches is what it’s all about.” And so that’s why we feel this is a great opportunity to introduce this vehicle. The 2014 Kia Cadenza is our most technologically advanced vehicle ever. It continues to advance value to new levels of sophistication.”
Orth Hendrick, Kia’s Director of Product Planning, pointed out some of the features on the new Kia. He mentioned that Peter Schreyer, Kia’s Chief Design Officer, has the design philosophy of “Simple. Powerful. Sophisticated.” Hendrick said that all three of those elements came together when Schreyer worked on this car, and that “this is Kia’s design DNA taken to a whole new level.” On the inside, the idea was to give a premium business class experience. Leather is standard on all of the vehicles, as is the navigation system and a backup camera.
The Cadenza sits on a modified front wheel drive platform that it shares with the Optima; its wheelbase is about 2″ longer, and it is 4.8″ longer in overall length, relative to the Optima. “Most of that extension of the wheelbases is for the benefit of the rear seat passengers; it is quite a bit roomier than the Optima.”
Hendrick also said that the Optima will be more of a sporty sedan with a slightly lower profile, and lower sitting seats; the Cadenza has a larger back seat, it sits up a little taller, and it is a lot more refined and sophisticated. The consumer will notice that there is more headroom, more leg room; it has a very roomy interior. The Cadenza will have a more advanced platform and a sophisticated suspension to give balance between ride comfort, but also sportiness and a top handling experience. The Cadenza has 293 horsepower, a six-speed automatic transmission, a newly designed exhaust system with managed resonance, and a lot of work has gone into reducing and isolating vibrations and road noise. 
The Cadenza is rated at 19 mpg in the city, and 28 mpg on the highway.
This is the first Kia with advanced smart cruise control, the latest technology that allows you to set the distance between you and the car in front, and it has the capability to bring the car to a complete stop without any intervention from the driver. Hendrick said, “You can set the cruise control on your way to work, and not touch the brake or gas pedal all the way in.” They are expecting five-star ratings on safety.
The Cadenza will have UVO eServices, which I covered in-depth in the Kia Sorento writeup. But just in case you missed it: Most drivers want telematics, or the ability to communicate with their car, in order to know when services are needed or to call for help when the airbags have deployed. However, they don’t want to pay for another subscription.
In 2014, Kia projects that 80% of the customers out there will have a smartphone, and that 90% of that market is dominated by Android and iPhone. By using a smartphone with Kia’s UVO app, consumers can connect directly to their vehicle; there is no contract, there is no fee.
UVO will automatically call 911 on the driver’s behalf when an airbag is deployed; it will give the exact location so that help can be sent. The Google ‘Send to Car’ feature will allow drivers to send a destination to their car from their home computer or mobile phone. When the driver gets in the car, the destination will automatically be entered in the head unit. If someone loses their car (it happens!), UVO will allow them to save the location of their car on their iOS or Android smartphone, and if needed it will help guide them back.
UVO has many standard infotainment features, including advanced Bluetooth; you can stream Pandora, you can tag music, and it has easy software updates so you can keep your system fresh. UVO is free for 10 years and 100,000 miles.
According to Henry Bzeih, Kia’s Chief Technology Strategist, “[Kia] feels that we have the leading system out there in the auto industry, from a telematics perspective.” Kia plans to add the UVO eServices to all of the vehicles in their lineup. “58% of the vehicles Kia has sold since January to today have [UVO], but the most important part of this, is that of the vehicles we’ve sold that have this system, 94% of those customers activated it, and that tells you the interest in this. And since then, we have collected ZERO from any customer, and we plan to collect ZERO from those customers for the next 10 years or 100,000 miles.” The 2014 models will be Siri-friendly.
The Cadenza has an Infinity 550 watt stereo sound system, and a lot of premium available features, including lane departure warning system (which is new for Kia), the aforementioned adaptive speed control, blind-spot detection and lane change assist. The adaptive front lighting system watches the steering wheel angle, and will move the headlights and aim them as you go around a corner to the same direction that you are turning. Napa leather is also an upgrade, and a panoramic sunroof is available on the top model.
Kia sees the Cadenza’s primary competitors being amongst some Asian brands and some near luxury brands. The premium Cadenza will retail for $35,100; the luxury package will retail for $38,100, and a fully loaded Cadenza will sell for $41,100; Each Cadenza level will include standard leather, standard navigation, standard backup camera, and a list of other things as well. Kia is offering more for less; there are no compromises.
This is the most-powerful and technologically advanced Kia ever offered in the US; it has a best in class warranty of 10 years / 100,000 miles, but it also has Kia’s first ever complimentary scheduled maintenance program, which includes all scheduled maintenance for the vehicle during its first three years of use.
The Cadenza will be built in South Korea, at the Hwasung Assembly Plant. The Cadenza has sold in Korea for the last couple of years as the K7; UVO, the engine tuning, the emissions package, and the Cadenza’s durability are designed for US drivers who are driving over larger distances. Adjustments have been made to the trim packages and handling to make this a driver’s car for the US market.
And just in case you were wondering, a Cadenza is defined as, “a virtuoso solo passage inserted into a movement in a concerto or other work, typically near the end.”
With that … it was time for us to drive. A short walk down the path behind the L’Auberge Hotel led us to a depot-style building, which had been transformed into a new Kia Cadenza lot. We were told to pick a car to spend the rest of the day in; my partner was Ashley Morton from Surf & Sunshine.

A gathering of 2014 Kia Cadenzas waiting for their drivers

I really wanted a white Cadenza, but they were all spoken for, so Ashley and I chose a dark blue. 

We’ll take this one!

The interior is quite nice — smooth leather seats, push-button start, the panoramic sunroof, and something I had never seen before — an LED dash cluster. It looks incredible in person; I hope my pictures can halfway convey how sharp and cool it was.

 

The (amazing) LCD cluster in the 2014 Kia Cadenza

Kia had plotted out a course for us that went down the coast for a bit, cutting into a major highway, then we got off and went through hilly residential areas, and we ultimately ended up in Temecula wine country.
While in areas with traffic, we got to experience the blind spot detection that would go off when a car came speeding up on our right; perhaps we were a little close to the edge of the lane, I don’t know! Lights would flash on the passenger side mirror, and a beep would sound as the other car approached. It was definitely handy to know that someone was coming up on us like that, and if we had been about to change lanes, I think the warning system would have stopped us.

Behind another 2014 Kia Cadenza in traffic

Ashley and I took turns driving, and we both agreed that the Cadenza handled exceptionally well. When we were passing through some of the hairpin turns on Sandia Creek Drive road, I might have been going a little too fast when I misjudged one of them … tires squealed, but the car went exactly where I needed it to go, and there was never a feeling of loss of control.

One of the things that most impressed me about the Cadenza was that on the outside, it just looked like a “nice car”. There was nothing too fancy about it (although it definitely looked good), but it definitely wasn’t ostentatious or overly showy. When driving the Cadenza, and when sitting inside … that’s where the car became amazing.
The way the Cadenza handled, the comfortable leather seats, the shades that covered the panoramic sunroof when the sun got to be a bit much, the LCD dashboard, the 8″ navigation display, the way music from my iPhone just started playing the minute I plugged into the USB cable … I could go on and on.
Our Cadenza was loaded with the top of the line Technology package, and everything about the driving experience left me satisfied … wishing that my car had at least a few of the same features. There’s the downside of driving nice cars that don’t belong to you!

Something happened on our drive that was out of the ordinary. We wanted to take pictures of the Cadenza that didn’t look like anything any of the other drivers might take. We found an amazing driveway entry with tall junipers on either side. We started taking a ton of photos, and then I looked up … and saw the security camera. Right about then, a man in a UTV pulled up, and the driver asked if we needed help and was everything okay? He seemed nice enough, but there was an underlying “What are you doing on my property? Please move along!” vibe.
Half embarrassed, we explained that we were in the area for a Kia press event, and that we were taking pictures there because he had an amazing driveway. He said, “Well, if you like my driveway, then you should come see the pond!” Ashley and I looked at each other, shrugged, and said that would be great.

The 2014 Kia Cadenza in front of the most amazing driveway

Les, our new friend, was right; his pond was lovely! Bordered by towering eucalyptus trees and palms, it was a lush oasis. That’s when I decided to be a bit forward; I explained that we were looking for an amazing home to park the car in front of, because we were both convinced that it could fit in anywhere. Les said, well then, you should come up and see the house! Ashley and I got back in the car, and yes — for half a minute we joked about Les being a serial killer (it didn’t help that neither of us had a cell phone signal down in the valley), but we obviously weren’t that worried.

We drove up the side of the hill, and sure enough … there was an absolutely fabulous house with a gorgeous view, and yes, the Cadenza looked right at home. Les’s wife and dog came out to meet us, and we were amazed to learn that their house was only five years old. Les said that he and his wife had lived in a trailer on top of the hill while doing all of the other work on their place, and then they had finally built their casa; I don’t think that they could have found a prettier location.

The thing that I want you to take from this, and the thing that most impressed me, was that the Kia Cadenza fit right in.
Everywhere we went that day, from the L’Auberge, to the Julian Pie Company where we made a pit stop for apple pie topped with cinnamon ice cream, to Les’s estate, to the Miramonte Vineyard & Winery where we had a light lunch, to cruising along Highway 101 and checking out the classic cars gathered in Encenitas, and back to the L’Auberge … the Cadenza fit right in.

What Kia has managed to do is produce a sedan that just about anyone would be proud to own. The 2014 Kia Cadenza’s exterior style looks great, but it’s not some flashy luxury car brand that will raise eyebrows when you pull up in it the first time. As I said, it’s not pretentious … it’s just a really good-looking car. The Cadenza handles and drives like a dream, and it is loaded with enough luxury features and tech eye-candy to satisfy even the most demanding gadget hound.

Source:  Gear Diary

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2014 Kia Sorento SX: Long-Term Introduction

Following back-to-back long-term tests in a Volvo S60 and BMW 328i, which coincided with the birth and shockingly fast growth of my first child, I figured it was only logical that I graduate to a larger and more versatile crossover to match my family's growing needs. Enter the 2014 Kia Sorento, the newest guest in AutoTrader's long-term garage.

What's New?

Though the previous-generation Sorento garnered a strong following thanks to its updated styling and gutsier powertrain, the 2014 model introduced over 80 percent new or redesigned parts -- most of which were disguised behind relatively minor changes to the front and rear fascias. Among the alterations, a new direct-injected 290-horsepower V6 replaces its 276-hp predecessor, while the base 4-cylinder engine also gains direct injection.
Kia says the Sorento's all-new chassis offers both stiffer and smoother riding, with better handling, to boot. Perhaps the most easily recognized improvements, however, are to the Sorento's interior, which sees a redesigned instrument panel, a next-generation UVO eServices multimedia system with an available touchscreen that's bigger than its predecessor and more upscale materials.

Why We Chose the SX V6

Until relatively recently, Kia was pigeonholed as a bargain basement brand with substandard build quality and uninspiring offerings. But radical improvements to its design and engineering have helped make Kia one of the most upwardly mobile brands on the market, moving the Korean automaker from wannabe to wunderkind.
Since the Sorento is a key player in Kia's bid to move upmarket, this crossover comes in a broad array of trim levels, from the front-drive $24,100 LX all the way up to the 4-wheel-drive $39,700 Limited model. Hoping to experience as many of Kia's new bells and whistles as possible, we opted for the highest trim level available at the time: a $36,800 SX model with all-wheel drive. Before balking at the SX's starting price, consider its lengthy equipment list, which includes leather upholstery, heated and ventilated seats, a panoramic sunroof, rearview camera and parking sensors and Kia's first ever power lift gate. The Sorento SX's only major option is a $1,200 third-row package, which boosted our tester's MSRP to $38,000.
Our test car was delivered with 2,838 clicks on the odometer, and we plan to pile on the miles with a wide variety of day-to-day driving, from around-town errands with plenty of kid seat action to road trips and long-distance drives. We've also got a big move coming up, which will help us evaluate this crossover's ability to fold down its rear seats and act as a makeshift moving van. But most of all, we look forward to finding out if this upscale ride can live up to the expectations set by its surprisingly elevated price point -- which might prove to be the Kia Sorento's toughest test of all.

Source: Autotrader 

2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Awarded Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK+

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is honored to learn that the company's best-selling model – the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport compact crossover vehicle – has today been named a 2013 "Top Safety Pick+" award winner by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Outlander Sport's 2013 IIHS "Top Safety Pick+" award comes in addition to the two straight IIHS Top Safety Pick awards the handsome 5-passenger compact crossover has already received in 2012 and 2013.
The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport was one of only two vehicles in the Small SUV category named a "Top Safety Pick+" by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) from a field of 13 vehicles.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is now awarding the new "Top Safety Pick+" designation as its highest accolade for vehicles that offer superior crash protection. The 2013 Outlander Sport's "Top Safety Pick+" achievement indicates that it meets the tougher crash safety standards set forth by the non-profit vehicle research and crash test ratings agency that are now necessary to receive its highest accolade.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rates vehicles as "good," "acceptable," "marginal" or "poor" based on performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact, rollover, plus evaluations of seat/head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts. The "Top Safety Pick+" requires a vehicle to score a "good" rating in at least four of the five tests and no less than an "acceptable" in the fifth test.
Added just last year, the small overlap test "replicates what happens when the front corner of the vehicle strikes another vehicle or object like a tree or utility pole," according to the IIHS. A full 25% of the front of the vehicle on the driver's side hits a 5-foot-tall barrier at 40 mph.
Two-thirds of the vehicles in the Small SUV category that were evaluated by the IIHS scored a lowly "poor" rating for vehicle structure.
The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport's exceptional IIHS "Top Safety Pick+" rating can be attributed to numerous advanced high-tech design features, particularly to a key safety technology engineered into every Mitsubishi Motors vehicle – Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution (RISE). RISE is Mitsubishi Motors' patented safety body construction system featuring integrated energy-absorbing crumple zones and engineered reinforcements strategically placed within the body/chassis that provide maximum protection to the vehicle's occupants in the event of an impact by absorbing and/or dispersing a great deal of this energy from the cabin.
With a starting MSRP of only $19,170, the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is powered by a capable 148 horsepower 4-cylinder engine that achieves an EPA-rated 31 mpg highway and includes a long list of welcome standard features.
For more information about the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, please log on to media.mitsubishicars.com and for more on the 2013 Outlander Sport's "Top Safety Pick+" award by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), please visit iihs.org.

Source: Mitsubishi 

How to Share the Road with Truckers.

Everybody has a horror story to tell about an encounter they've had with an 18-wheeler on the Interstate, and how they were nearly killed by the inattentiveness of the truck driver. News programs like Dateline NBC and 60 Minutes feed this fear with selectively edited stories regarding truck safety. But what nobody seems to consider is that they themselves may have caused the problem because of ignorance about what is involved in driving a truck, or by engaging in righteous driving behavior that did nothing but endanger their own lives and those of the people they care most about.
Personally, we've seen rude truckers hog the road, and we've seen dimwitted drivers set themselves up for what could be a very painful, if not deadly, lesson. Furthermore, not all trucks traveling the nation's highways are properly maintained, due to a lack of finances or pure laziness. But for most truck drivers, who are paid by the mile and are held responsible for damaged goods, their lives and livelihoods depend on driving a well-maintained truck carefully, and getting freight to its destination on time.
Tractor trailer trucks are responsible for carrying nearly 30 percent of all the cargo shipped in the United States. Technology and improved roadways have allowed the use of trucks for shipping to increase steadily since the 1920s, resulting in larger vehicles and heavier loads. Yet, traffic fatalities involving trucks have steadily declined during the past 50 years, except for a small spike upward in the early 1980s right after the trucking industry was deregulated. Fatalities due to accidents involving semi trucks total 5,000 annually on average, with the vast majority of those fatalities suffered by occupants of passenger vehicles that collided with a truck. As motorists who must share the road with semi trucks, we can do our part to help reduce this number even further if we simply take the time to follow a few simple driving rules and try to understand how difficult it is to maneuver a tractor-trailer in traffic.
We asked Michael Taylor, transportation special programs developer for the Tractor Trailer Training Program at Triton College in River Grove, Ill., what the top five pet peeves truckers had with fellow motorists were. Here is his list:
1) Riding in a trucker's blind spots. Trucks have large blind spots to the right and rear of the vehicle. Smaller blind spots exist on the right front corner and mid-left side of the truck. The worst thing a driver can do is chug along in the trucker's blind spot, where he cannot be seen. If you're going to pass a truck, do it and get it over with. Don't sit alongside with the cruise control set 1 mph faster than the truck is traveling.
2) Cut-offs. Don't try to sneak into a small gap in traffic ahead of a truck. Don't get in front of a truck and then brake to make a turn. Trucks take as much as three times the distance to stop as the average passenger car, and you're only risking your own life by cutting a truck off and then slowing down in front of it.
3) Impatience while reversing. Motorists need to understand that it takes time and concentration to back a 48-foot trailer up without hitting anything. Sometimes a truck driver needs to make several attempts to reverse into tight quarters. Keep your cool and let the trucker do her job.
4) Don't play policeman. Don't try to make a truck driver conform to a bureaucrat's idea of what is right and wrong on the highway. As an example, Taylor cited the way truck drivers handle hilly terrain on the highway. A fully loaded truck slows way down going up a hill. On the way down the other side of the hill, a fully loaded truck gathers speed quickly. Truckers like to use that speed to help the truck up the next hill. Do not sit in the passing lane going the speed limit. Let the truck driver pass, and let the Highway Patrol worry about citing the trucker for breaking the law.
5) No assistance in lane changes or merges. It's not easy to get a 22-foot tractor and 48-foot trailer into traffic easily. If a trucker has his turn signal blinking, leave room for the truck to merge or change lanes. Indicate your willingness to allow the truck in by flashing your lights.
According to "Sharing the Road," a booklet distributed by John Deere Transportation Insurance, the three most common types of accidents involving heavy trucks involve the following:
1) Crashes caused by the truck's inability to stop in time.2) Crashes caused by a motorist trying to pass a truck on the right while the truck is making a right-hand turn. Also known as the right turn squeeze.3) Crashes caused by a motorist riding in the trucker's blind spots. Use the following rule of thumb: If you cannot see the truck driver in his mirrors, he probably cannot see you.
By taking simple common-sense steps to protect yourself and your family when driving near large trucks, traffic fatalities will continue to drop. Over the years, the trucking industry has improved the quality of truck drivers by making it more difficult to qualify for and keep a Commercial Driver's License (CDL). Mandatory drug testing has also been instituted. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the following data in 2008. The intoxication rate for drivers involved in fatal accidents was:
27% for motorcycle riders 23% for light truck drivers (pickups and SUVs, that is) 23% for passenger car drivers 1% for truck drivers
Still, more work must be done to combat tightly scheduled deliveries, overbearing stacks of paperwork and driver fatigue caused by federal regulations that work against the human body's natural circadian rhythm.
After meeting with truck driving instructors at Triton College, with representatives from the Illinois Transportation Association and learning what it takes to pilot a tractor-trailer by taking the wheel myself, we joined Taylor for a ride in a brand-new empty tanker truck.
We covered suburban roads during a half-hour loop just to the southeastern side of O'Hare airport. During our 30-minute ride, two motorists turned left across traffic directly in front of the truck. One young woman in a Toyota Celica crossed no more than 50 feet in front of us as she zoomed onto a side street. An older couple in a Dodge Grand Caravan turned in front of our International tractor, and incredibly, slowed so they wouldn't scrape the van on a steep driveway apron to a convenience store. A dude in a Camaro RS blasted by on the left, cut in front of the truck and stopped at a red light we were approaching. When the light turned green, he turned right.
These are the kinds of driving habits that we must break for truck-related accident rates to drop even lower. After a day at truck driving school, we left Chicago for Denver in a Subaru Outback. During that evening and the next day traveling I-80 and I-76, we were keenly aware of the needs of the truckers with whom we shared the road. We behaved more courteously toward truck drivers and fellow motorists than usual, and exercised more patience. We doubt very much that by driving more defensively and less aggressively we arrived in Denver any sooner than we would have had we not let that Kenworth into our lane back in Iowa or had we tried to beat that Freightliner to the construction zone near Lincoln, Neb. We do feel, however, that our trip was a safer one, that we had done our part to make highway travel better. Now it's time to do yours.

Source: Edmunds 

2014 Kia Forte: Price & Specs

The 2014 Kia Forte is the fifth-generation of the compact sedan that the Hyundai subsidiary has released and for the latest version, Kia decided that it was time for a full redesign.
 Featuring a more aggressive look, the 2014 Kia Forte is longer, lower and wider and significantly more eye-catching than its predecessor. It sports a more contoured chassis and by many accounts, the car bears a visual similarity to the Honda Civic.

"The all-new Forte effectively raises the bar on the compact segment with its upmarket features and striking design," Michael Sprague Kia executive vice president of marketing & communications in a canned statement, said. "And with its long-standing value story and reputation for quality, the Forte is now more of a complete package than ever and a fiercer contender within its competitive set." 2014 Kia Forte: Price & Specs
The 2014 Kia Forte comes in LX and EX variants, which start at around $16,000 and $18,000, respectively. The sedan, which is the Kia version of the Hyundai Elantra has a fairly decent specs sheet.
The 2014 Kia Forte LX has a 1.8-liter engine that produces 148 horsepower at 6,500 RPM and 131 lb.-ft of torque at 4,700 RPM. It's equipped with variable valve timing, dual overhead cams and an 81-mm cylinder bore. The front suspension uses struts while the rear utilizes torsion beams. A manual transmission is available.
The 2014 Kia Forte EX is a little more robust, boasting a 2.0-liter engine that produces 173 horsepower. It has 154 lb.-ft of torque at 4,700 RPM and comes only with an automatic transmission.

Source: iTech Post