While we here in the U.S. have been keeping our peepers nailed to the growing inferno that is our auto industry, something impressive has been happening in Korea. Both Kia and Hyundai have been strengthening their portfolio in a big way, moving away from throw-away commuters and closer to cars that can take on the [...]

If you’ve been trying to decide which of the new boxes would make a better escape rig, you might want to consider the video after the jump. It seems a woman in sunny California became irate at the news Kia and Nissan were rolling out slick new boxes of their own. The result is a [...]

The New York Auto Show kicked off this week, and we’d be remiss in our duties if we let it just slide by without so much as a peep. Good Dr. Richardson has been kind enough to keep us up to date in his Daily Wraps, but how about a quick look at the cars [...]

I. BMW will unleash the latest version of its M3 GT4 racer at the Nurburgring 24-hour race in May. The car won’t be campaigned by Munich, but by a privateer firm called Schubert Motorsport. In BMW white-and-blue livery, the new GT4 car looks even better than the last M3 racer did. [Source: WCF]

I. Chevy, apparently, has decided that the Camaro convertible has a green light once again. That said, it won’t show up until the first part of 2011 as a 2012 model. That’s a full year after its scheduled release, but it isn’t dead. No such luck for the Z28. [Source: Autoblog]

I’m beginning to see the appeal of Florida. Whereas the East Coast Autofiends office is drenched in rain and 40 degree weather at the moment, I’m rolling along toward Key Largo with the windows down, tunes up and the sunroof open.  There’s nothing but white sand and blue water ahead of me and with Interpol [...]

If you’ve been wondering why there’ve been scantily few posts as of late, it’s because I’ve been frolicking through Florida in Kia’s new Cube/xB/Element fighter. What’s the word? You’ll just have to wait until Friday for the full We Drive. For now, just be content in knowing I would never invoke the Godfather of Soul [...]

For those of you who picked up your eyebrows when Kia rolled out the Soulster Concept at the Detroit Auto Show last month, we’ve got news. Word ‘round the Web is that the company is considering bringing heir to the Tracker throne to market. Automotive News says that the concept’s overwhelmingly positive reception at the [...]

I. Teammates of Christiano Ronaldo bought him an Enzo pedal car to replace the real 599 GTB he destroyed last week. The Manchester United soccer star, whom you may remember from the first Daily Wrap, took the joke in good fun and said he’d give the pedal car to charity. Incidentally, Ronaldo has decided to [...]

Behold! The Kia Samurai Soulster Concept! Kia ramped the new version of the Soul on stage at the North American International Auto Show, complete with beach balls and dancing youngsters. Seems like there’s a theme going on here. The Soulster sports the same fun-in-the-sun theme as other open-top truck-like rigs, which means the rear passengers [...]