The Red Dot Design Award, one of the world’s most influential design authorities, puts the spotlight on companies across various industries that demonstrate creativity and innovation in the design of their product. Earlier this year, the Hyundai Motor Group won three accolades during the 2024 Red Dot Design Awards. Now, Kia Corp joins the group…
As automotive brands become more digital and software-dependent to produce the automobiles of the future, the threat of cybersecurity continues to climb. To combat that, automakers can hire teams to design and program protection for their products, or strike a deal with a startup. That’s exactly what Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) decided to do when…
Though primarily designed for the European market, the Jeep Avenger is a vehicle that North American consumers should watch. While the Avenger will not reach the North American release, it offers a glimpse into the future of Jeep’s global strategy and the innovations that could eventually make their way across the Atlantic. Here’s what North…
The Jeep Avenger is setting new benchmarks in the European B-SUV market, with 100,000 customer orders since its launch in late 2022. Named European Car of the Year 2023, this milestone solidifies the Avenger’s status as a leader in its segment, embodying Jeep’s core values of freedom, adventure, passion, and fun. Eric Laforge, Head of…
The Kia Corp may be focused on battery-electric vehicle (BEV) concepts, such as the newly debuted Kia EV4, or making more GT models, also found on the EV4 as the GT-Line and GT Turbo trim. It may seem like the automaker is placing a major focus on performance and sports cars that are electric-powered, but…
The Kia Corp isn’t just interested in battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and futuristic technology. This automaker also places a large focus on sustainable mobility solutions to keep people mobile while protecting the planet. The latest development by Kia is Kia E-Ground, the first Sustainable Mobility Solutions Experience Center in Latin America, constructed in Ecuador. A callback…
As we near the end of the year, automakers will start to sell new model year vehicles for the next round. Some vehicles don’t get any changes, while others get a whole refresh. After its recent facelift, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross gets a new SE Black Edition. What else is new for the 2025 Mitsubishi…
Automakers don’t always change much on the new model year of a vehicle unless it’s due for a major upgrade. In other cases, maybe sales have dropped or aren’t hitting the margins the automaker expected. This happens to be the case for the Kia Corp, and its flagship vehicle, the EV9 all-electric SUV. Although still…
In the years that the Kia Corp has introduced a new lineup of electrified options, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), the EV6 was the one that started the wave. Even in the face of this, the EV9 is the flagship of the automaker for BEVs. Maybe one day, one of the…
The 2024 Asia Cross Country Rally (hereafter, AXCR) wrapped up last weekend, August 17, 2024. Like NASCAR, it’s another chance for automakers to test out their vehicles in professional settings that aren’t just the street or the track. The AXCR is the ASEAN region’s largest cross-country rally, covering a span of 1250 miles of challenging…
Jeep is gearing up to introduce its all-electric Compass, with plans to unveil the new model by the end of this year ahead (2024) of its 2025 launch in Europe. Here’s what we know about the upcoming electric SUV. As Jeep transitions into the electric era, the brand is leveraging the resources and technology available…
There has been a lot of news for Mitsubishi Motors since last year, but we’re still all waiting to see the bubble finally burst. Since the Japanese automaker invested in the new Ampere battery-electric vehicle facility proposed by Renault of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, there has been talk of new models. For one, Ampere will bring…
