Platinum Decision: Kia’s 2014 Optima
As the saying goes (well, I think it’s a saying), “It’s hard to improve on perfection”. Kia’s newest Optima is a shining example of that, especially at the highest level, the Platinum. With a side […]
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Optimal Appeal: Kia Optima Si
Charles Darwin espoused “The Theory of Evolution”; it certainly applies to the world of automotive transport and Kia’s Optima is a brilliant case in point. Starting off as a somewhat ugly duckling, it’s now a […]
Getting Optima-istic with Kia.
Prejudice can be a thing of blinkered ignorance. Over twenty years ago Alan Bond decided to import a cheap and cheerful car from Korea. They were cheap, they were cheerful and they weren’t expected to […]
Hyundai’s i30 crosses the Rio, Kia Rio that is…
A Wheel Thing’s week five of the Korean Sojourn wrapped up with a week of Hyundai i30 Elite petrol vs Kia’s Rio with the 1.6 gdi (gasoline direct injection) engine. Having spent time with the […]