Kia has decided to use an aggressive marketing campaign for its Soul crossover on the Chinese market, as the car’s sales in the country have failed to meet the carmaker’s expectations.
According to Gasgoo, Kia’s joint venture with the Dongfeng Motor Corp Chinese partner, Dongfeng Yueda Kia, will market the Soul under the Xiu Er name. This can be translated to Show You.
The soul was introduced to the Chinese market two months ago, but the car has been received with less enthusiasts than the… (read more)
Earlier this day, we learned that Hyundai will showcase the i30 facelift at the Geneva Auto Show but overall, the company intends to display no less than 8 vehicles. Among them, the i-Flow concept, a diesel-electric hybrid model that previews a future D-segment contender from Hyundai, as the South Korean company said in a release.
Nothing has changed in the MotoGP field following the first test of the season earlier this month, as the latest time reports from Sepang seem to confirm that it will come down to a Valentino Rossi – Casey Stoner fight for the world title in 2010.
Coulomb Technologies, an electric vehicle charging station infrastructure provider has developed an iPhone application that helps users locate the company’s charging stations and can be used as a charging interface. 
In what will probably prove to be the most crowded event at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, American singer/song writer Justin Timberlake will unveil the new Audi A1, during the press conference scheduled for March 2. 
Mercedes Grand Prix is believed to secure a new sponsorship deal prior to the season opening round of the 2010 Formula One championship. And it won’t be a small sponsor either, as the German media revealed a major agreement is about to be announced officially within the next few days.
The eagerly-awaited Porsche Cayenne is finally here. At least, virtually, as the German carmaker will show this latest contraption at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Porsche says the car will hit European showrooms on May 8, with pricing to start at 55,431 Euros (full pricing is available below).
Now that Tiger Woods has apologized and all is fine and well in the golf world, the Garia LSV street legal golf cart is ready to meet its luxury customers at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show next week. The cart will be seen in the booth of Garia’s partner, Valmet Automotive, alongside the Think City EV, Fisker Karma and the EVA electric concept.
Fernando Alonso insisted that he is now a better driver as compared to his first stint at Renault. Back during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, he won consecutive titles in the series, after which he moved to McLaren Mercedes. Although he hasn’t managed to add a 3rd world title in his CV, he reckoned that the one year he spent at Woking, as well as the struggling years he experienced at Renault have made him a more complete racer.
Top global tire producers are currently developing expansion plans for the Chinese market, as they are willing to take full advantage of sustained growth posted by the world’s largest auto market.
The Nascar Foundation announced today a $408,000 donation for the Victory Junction, a camp for seriously ill children in Florida and a member of Paul Newman’s Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, to be used to "help send critically ill kids to camp for a life-changing experience."
One already knew that the "love story" between former FIA president Max Mosley and Formula One team Ferrari was terminated during the course of last season, thanks to the former’s cost-cutting and new-entries policy regarding the future of the sport. However, following the latest attack on Mosley made by Ferrari, the story seems to make the headlines once again.
After this week’s Congressional hearings failed to shed any clear light on the massive Toyota recall, the Japanese carmaker went back to trying and regain consumer confidence by announcing it will offer additional services for New York Toyota and Lexus customers affected by the all four recalls: sticking accelerator pedals, floor mat pedal entrapment, anti-lock brake system software updates, and Tacoma front drive shaft inspection.
Opel’s Ampera will be displayed at the Geneva Motor Show in March using an interested, but already used by some other automakers, journey. Basically, the Ampera will travel from Rüsselsheim, Germany, to the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland on its very own wheels, in a move to demonstrate the car’s abilities to keep fuel consumption and CO2 emissions at the lowest possible level.
The World Rally Championship fans out there are prepared a big surprise in the near future, as it seems the championship’s promoter North One Sport is looking into the possibility of creating a real-time game allowing them to compete side by side through the duration of a WRC event against the actual WRC drivers.
With all the huss-n-fuss surrounding the Toyota recall and the countless hearings scheduled for this week and the next, the fate of the New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) plant in Freemont was pushed off the scene. But as March, the month when the plant is slotted to close, approaches, the NUMMI story is slowly becoming the harsh reality.
Audi will bring its new entry level model, the A1 subcompact, to the European market in August and the company has high expectations from the car. Among other things, Audi expects the A1 to bring new customers to the brand – the company said 80 percent of the A1’s target is expected to be new to the marque, as Bloomberg reports.
Jaime Alguersuari insisted that he will finally get to show what he’s really made of throughout the duration of the 2010 Formula One season. Having stepped into the STR4 mid-way through last season without any prior testing in F1, the Spaniard spent half of season learning how to drive an F1 car.
If the oversized engines currently available for the 2011 F-Series Super Duty aren’t enough for you, then Ford’s decision to add the 6.7l Power Stroke V8 turbocharged diesel engine to the Super Duty range may just quench your thirst for hp and Nm. 
Chrysler announced that it will reinstall the front airbag sensor in over 355,500 minivans, with the action scheduled to start in June, as Reuters reports.