Kia has announced the recall of nearly 146,000 vehicles with faulty airbag systems. The models affected are the 2006-2008 Kia Optima and the 2007-2008 Kia Rondo. Due to a flawed spring system that may become damaged over time, the driver's side airbag in these cars may not deploy properly in the event of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a recall alert.
Tech expert Mario Armstrong reveals how gadgets and tech can help keep your health in check.
Imagine a future in which icons flash on your car windshield, hologram style, as your car approaches restaurants, stores, historic landmarks or the homes of friends.
Historically-ignored, Slovakia made its presence known on the international scene a few days ago when it became the sole EU member to vote to block the expansion of a bailout fund, thus delaying any decision to aid the collapsing Greek economy.
If you're thinking of buying a new car, maybe you should wait a little longer. Auto industry analysts expect a rise in car buying incentives this fall beyond the ordinary "model year turn-over" sales push.
Chrysler Group sales bucked an industry slide last month as the automaker's redesigned models contributed to a 10% increase compared to last year.
More than 3,000 riot police were sent in Tuesday to break up a weeklong sit-in protest by workers at a large engine components manufacturer for major South Korean automakers.
The recession is officially over -- or at least, that's the message from Super Bowl advertisers this year.
Most automakers ended a challenging 2010 with a strong sales month, raising hopes that the industry could be carrying some momentum into the new year.
Forget about using your smartphone in the car. Your next car might be one.
South Korean automaker Kia Motors, on the heels of a global recall of more than 100,000 vehicles, said Tuesday it has named a new vice chairman to replace Chung Sung-eun, who had resigned.
Hyundai-Kia Motors is recalling more than 35,000 cars with fire-prone electrical wiring systems, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In the ad world, anything is still possible. Dancing hamsters can sell cheap cars.
Most major automakers reported U.S. sales strongly up from a year ago, but weaker than both May's sales levels and industry forecasts.
Ford plans to launch a marketing campaign this summer to brag about how the Ford brand has risen in the minds of consumers.
U.S. auto sales rebounded 24% in March with virtually every automaker posting double-digit gains in sales. But the industry is not in as strong shape as those surges in sales would suggest.
On the second floor of the 21-story Hyundai Motor headquarters in the south of Seoul is a 24-hour operations hub, the Global Command and Control Center (GCCC). Modeled after the CNN newsroom in Atlanta with dozens of computer screens relaying video and data, it keeps watch on Hyundai operations around the world.
In a year of unprecedented turmoil for the U.S. auto industry, one major car maker has emerged as a winner. And that company isn't based in Detroit, Japan or Europe.
The popular Cash for Clunkers program gave a strong boost to auto sales in August, resulting in the industry posting its best month this year by far. But sales dropped sharply in the last week of August -- after Cash for Clunkers ended.
Sahel Kazemi owed on two cars and her apartment when she shot the former NFL star
A community that seemed on the road to becoming a ghost town has taken a turn toward prosperity despite the recession, thanks to an automaker.
Despite the recession, one rural community has hit the jackpot. CNN's Alina Cho reports.
Brian Todd reports on some Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealerships making record price cuts for new cars.
The clock is ticking for Ray O'Bryhim: he has less than a week to sell his last 40 cars.
In the middle of all the Big Three bankruptcy chatter and auto plant closings, Margaret McManus stands out. She just got a job at an auto supplier in Georgia.
You wouldn't hand your Uncle Ed a baton and have him stand up in front of the New York Philharmonic. You wouldn't stick a Kia engine under the hood of a Mercedes. And you surely wouldn't short-change or cut corners with an NFL team worth of Super Bowl aspirations, chintzing by with also-rans or haven't-yets at quarterback. At least not if you could help it, right?
Isaiah Partlow helps his parents with his little sister Maya, flipping to her favorite TV channel and sharing bites of his ham and cheese Hot Pocket.
Japanese and Korean automakers produce the most reliable cars, according to a new survey of car owners by Consumer Reports. At least one Detroit carmaker, Ford, is moving up the ranks quickly, but it has yet to crack the top tier according to the magazine.
Popularity is one reason to choose something; a shirt, a new car, even someone to date.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, traveling through Asia, met
Tuesday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and championed his
vision of the future of high tech and the Internet
Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automakers Hyundai
and Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice
commands to control personal music players and telephones
This week, CNN Marketplace Middle East is on the road in Davos for the World Economic Forum.
The NBA might want to consider, if only for this season, adding an extra "wild'' to the familiar (and ripped-off classic TV title) description of the left half of its competition. As in, the wild, wild, wild West.
Chrysler recently instituted a "lifetime" - yes, your lifetime - powertrain warranty for its Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles. If you're shopping for a car and comparing warranty coverage, "lifetime" sounds tough to beat.
Honda and Toyota offered U.S. consumers the highest average fuel efficiency of 2007 model year vehicles, the government reported Wednesday.
An appeals court suspended on Thursday a three-year prison term handed to Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-koo for embezzlement, saying the tycoon is too important to South Korea's economy to go to jail.
CNNMoney: GM sales plummet 21%updated: Tue Jul 03 2007 03:41:00
The big three American automakers all reported declines for June, as they continued to lose ground to import brands.
U.S. sales at most major automakers fell in April, hurt by rising gasoline prices and fewer selling days than the year-earlier period.
General Motors is set to unveil three new minicar concepts and give potential customers a chance to vote on the best one.
SI.com: An entertaining routupdated: Thu Jan 25 2007 07:02:00
Five things we learned from the Roger Federer-Andy Roddick semifinal massacre on Thursday in the Australian Open semifinals:
An Air Force pilot whose F-16 crashed near Baghdad last week is now listed as "killed in action," according to a military news release Sunday.
Money Magazine: Behind the Buzzupdated: Wed Nov 01 2006 00:01:00
THIS MONTH: Detroit's new warranties
Want to take a peek at what the rest of the decade has in store for the world's automakers?
Used to be, buying a small car meant getting the runt of a good automaker's litter or dealing with a manufacturer that had little regard for quality, reliability or even solvency. Either way, you were likely to drive off the lot in a rickety ride that would only hold itself together until, naturally, the warranty ran out.
Used to be, buying a small car meant getting the runt of a good automaker's litter or dealing with a manufacturer that had little regard for quality, reliability or even solvency. Either way, you were likely to drive off the lot in a rickety ride that would only hold itself together until, naturally, the warranty ran out.
Fortune: Hyundai's heaviesupdated: Thu May 11 2006 13:04:00
For the past three years, South Korea's Hyundai Motor has been the fastest-growing automaker on the planet. Driven by increased sales in the U.S., China, and India--not to mention in its home count...
Fortune: Hyundai hits a bumpupdated: Thu May 11 2006 12:57:00
For the past three years South Korea's Hyundai Motor has been the fastest-growing automaker on the planet and is poised to pass DaimlerChrysler to become the world's fifth largest. Industry observe...
For the past three years, South Korea's Hyundai Motor has been the fastest-growing automaker on the planet. Driven by increased sales in the U.S., China, and India - not to mention in its home country - it has boosted production by a third and is poised to pass DaimlerChrysler and join the ranks of the world's top five auto manufacturers. Unit sales were up 16% in the first quarter, leaving industry observers wondering whether anything could slow the company's growth.
Name a car, and there's at least one award that its maker can brag about winning from the Automotive Award-Giving Institute, or some such entity. Even respected vehicle-rating firms collectively be...
While America's long love affair with enormous SUVs may be waning, a new market is being discovered at the other end of the scale.
Kia, sister-brand to Korea-based Hyundai, topped two categories in the latest J.D. Power and Associates APEAL survey.
Money Magazine: Winning Bidsupdated: Fri Jul 01 2005 00:01:00
Unless you're the kind of person who can afford to buy old masters indiscriminately, you might think of live auctions as being only for the rich and famous. But what the world's high rollers don't ...
CNNMoney: Winning bidsupdated: Wed Jun 15 2005 14:47:00
Unless you're the kind of person who can afford to buy Old Masters indiscriminately, you might think of live auctions as being only for the rich and famous.
If you are shopping for a 2006 Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep model, you should be aware of a change -- the car will no longer come with a standard 7-year/70,000 mile powertrain warranty.
An Italian journalist was snatched from her car Friday in Baghdad, police said.
Front crash tests on five small cars by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety yielded the first "Poor" rating given by the Institute since 2001.
Money Magazine: Motor Mouthupdated: Fri Oct 01 2004 00:01:00
Q. My husband and I want a vehicle that has three rows of seats, that's at least somewhat fuel efficient and that holds its value. One problem: My husband hates minivans. We're open to either new o...
Remember when cars had names? Evocative, sometimes powerful, sometimes way off the mark, like Mustang, New Yorker, Bonneville and Capri. They meant something, or at least were easy to remember.
U.S. auto buyers are more satisfied with their dealerships' service departments than in the past, and Lincoln dealers got top marks for the first time, according to a survey from J.D. Power & Associates.
For the first time, Korean carmakers, thanks to a strong performance by Hyundai, have surpassed both domestic and European carmakers in initial quality, a measure of the number of problems owners experience in a new car.
For a city whose denizens spend more time on the subway than the freeway, New York still manages to grab the automotive spotlight for a few weeks each spring.
Al Arabiya, the Dubai-based Arabic-language news network, described the killing of two employees by U.S. troops March 18 in Baghdad as an "assassination" Tuesday.
A U.S. soldier was killed Monday in an explosion northwest of the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, a senior American military official said.
How well a vehicle protects a dummy in a crash test closely reflects how well that same vehicle will protect a driver in an actual crash, according to a new report.
If you haven't visited a new-car showroom lately, you're in for a surprise. A nice surprise. You'll come across brands (Scion, Mini) and names (Aveo, Pacifica, Murano, Endeavor) you've never hear...
Forget power windows and trunk space. People want one thing when buying a vehicle: that new-car smell. The aroma is almost intoxicating enough to make the purchase of a Kia satisfying. So what are ...
Michael Auld wants a little payback. For several years now the chief of Ford Motor Co.'s worldwide export operations has wrestled with South Korea's three heavyweight automakers (Hyundai, Daewoo, a...
Ever wonder how Detroit can offer such terrific warranties? Simple: They get you to pay for them. But now that the price of an average car is approaching the $20,000 threshold, U.S. automakers are ...
The latest entry into the surging market for civilized off-road vehicles is Korea's tiny Kia Motors. The world's 20th-largest automaker will begin selling a rugged-looking four-cylinder model aroun...
Just when you thought it was safe to shop at a Big Three showroom, Japanese automakers are again on the attack. Despite high prices driven by the strong yen, aggressive selling and attractive new m...
WITH THE impending merger of France's Renault and Sweden's Volvo, the ranks of the world's top 30 manufacturers of cars and light trucks are churning (see list on following pages). The Japanese aut...
Fortune: Signalsupdated: Mon Jul 21 1986 00:01:00
Ford Motor Co. announced plans to buy 10% of Kia Industrial Co., a South Korean van and truck manufacturer partially owned by Mazda. Ford already owns 25% of the Japanese carmaker. Beginning next y...
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