A rival from Kia for the Skoda Roomster, Nissan Qashqai and forthcoming Toyota Urban Cruiser will have its world premiere at the Geneva motor show press day on 4 March.
In fact, the company will pull the covers of three near-production concepts, each partly disguised by heavily modified paintwork, the latter designed to showcase the possibilities for future accessories and customising of the small hatchback/minivan crossover.
The Soul, a play on words of the capital city of Kia’s home nation, was originally revealed as a concept at the Detroit motor show in January 2006.
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Hyundai
January 2008 : Large Luxury Sedan (BH Codename)
Fisrt Half 2008 : Tucson Minorchange, Grandeur Minorchange
Second Half 2008 : Next generation of Tiburon (BK codename), Bernard Minorchange, Successor of Click/i20(PB codename) ,Next Gen C8 (Po Codename)
First Half 2009 : successor of Equus, Elantra/Avante Minorchange
Secon Half 2009 : Veracruz Minorchange, New Model Small car
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Kia
9 January 2008 : Borrego/mohave
First Half 2008: Morning/Picanto Minorchange, Soul crossover(AM codename), Pride/Rio Minochange, Successor of Cerato (TD codename), Lotze minorchange
First half 2009 : Next gen Sorento (XM codename), VG (Grandeur badge)
Second Half 2009 : Successor of Opirus (CH Codename share with Hyundai BH), XK coupe (Hyundai BK brother model), SL Suv
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GM Daewoo
First half 2008 : Tosca/Epica minorchange, L4X (stateman replacement)
Second half 2008 :Nubira/Lacetti/Optra (J300 codename),Matiz/Spark (M300 codename)
2009 : New model
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Renault-Samsung
November 2007 : QMX suv (H45 codename share with renault kaleos model)
First half 2008 : SM7 minorchange
First half 2009 : MPV
Second half 2009 : Large SUV (H49 codename), new SM3, new SM5
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Ssangyong
early 2008 : W200 large sedan
lately 2009 : C200 small suv, Y300 suv
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Seoul, Nov 07 (Korea Newswire)– Kia Motors has revealed that the corporation’s all-new, mid-size, SUV will bear the name Kia ‘Borrego’ when it makes its world premiere at the Detroit Motor Show in early January 2008, will be sold in South Korea from January under the brand name “Mohave,” and will be sold in USA in June next years Kia said in a statement.
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Newsletters don’t normally float our boat here at the Cars.com offices, but the latest from the 2008 North American International Auto Show (2008 NAIAS), aka the Detroit auto show, has our interest piqued two and a half months before the annual event. A number of the cars that will debut there are mentioned, including:
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