Product Reviews Net » Crossover http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sat, 26 May 2012 11:39:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Kia Optima & Sportage: Best New Model in 2011 http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/02/17/kia-optima-sportage-best-new-model-in-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kia-optima-sportage-best-new-model-in-2011 http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/02/17/kia-optima-sportage-best-new-model-in-2011/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:05:11 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=122273 Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has voted both the 2011 Kia Optima and Sportage “Best New Model”, which is considered to be a great honor. The Optima won the title in the category $25,000-$30,000, while the Sportage was named the best new crossover. This does show how far the auto brand has come, going back just a few years they were made fun of, but not anymore.

The transformation of the company has certainly had a huge impact on the designs of these new Kia vehicles – have to wonder what is next for them? DailyFinance mentions that winning awards like this must give the company more confidence, and they are on to something there. Whenever you ask consumers what Asian vehicle would they like, chances are it will be a Toyota, Honda or Nissan – soon the next answer will be a Kia.

This is not the first award that the 2011 Kia Optima and Sportage has won, back in December they won the 2011 iF product design awards. Car Pages say that the judging panel were impressed with how eco-friendly, innovative, and also the quality of the workmanship on both models.

The 2011 Kia Optima is a medium size sedan and comes with a streamlined body, and offers a choice of either a standard gas engine, turbo and hybrid. There are three trims that you can choose from, these are the LX, EX and SX.

The 2011 Kia Sportage is a CUV and gives you the feeling of safety, which is important if you have a family. If you thought that this model was exciting then wait until the Sportage SX is launched later this year, there will be more power from the engine, but expect to pay a few more dollars for the privilege.

Has your perspective changed on the new range of Kia models?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/02/17/kia-optima-sportage-best-new-model-in-2011/feed/ 2 New Kia Sportage 2011: Sharp-Looking Interior and Exterior http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/25/new-kia-sportage-2011-sharp-looking-interior-and-exterior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-kia-sportage-2011-sharp-looking-interior-and-exterior http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/25/new-kia-sportage-2011-sharp-looking-interior-and-exterior/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:49:37 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=109433 We recently spoke about how far Kia has come with their vehicle designs, which you can clearly see with the 2011 Optima. The next vehicle that will turn heads from the Korean motor company is the 2011 Sportage EX, you can clearly see from these images on Car and Driver that the car could be mistaken for a German design – well that’s what David Undercoffler from LA Times believes.

Undercoffler confirms on what we pointed out in our earlier post about Kia updating their entire lineup to something much more stylish and head turning. Would you agree with Undercoffler that both the interior and exterior is sharp looking?

Most of the new styling is thanks to one man, Peter Schreyer, the designer who came from Audi back in 2006. This is where all that German design comes from then. Looking at some of the lines, you would be forgiven for thinking that you are looking at parts of an Audi body panel, something that Kia will be very happy with.

David does make me laugh when he thinks that you will have to repeat yourself many times by saying to passengers “Yes, this is a Kia.” The 2011 Optima like the Sportage should start at $20,000 – so is certainly within most budgets. We can certainly see these new range of Kia vehicles eating into the Toyota and Honda market.

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/25/new-kia-sportage-2011-sharp-looking-interior-and-exterior/feed/ 0 2011 Ford Edge Review: Price could be an issue http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-review-price-could-be-an-issue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2011-ford-edge-review-price-could-be-an-issue http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-review-price-could-be-an-issue/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:36:23 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=107041 Ford has certainly been busy in 2010, not only have they been working on the new Fiesta and Focus, but also on the 2011 Ford Edge as well. The Blue Oval knows that their rivals have been pumping out new models, but the Detroit automaker believes that improving on current models instead of designing a totally new vehicle is the answer.

The Edge crossover has been growing in popularity over the past four years, so thought all what was needed was a refresh of the current model, but will it pay off? The interior and exterior has had a mini-facelift along with new engine choices with more fuel efficient options. (The Ecoboost will not be available until late 2011.)

Zach Bowman from Autoblog has now driven the new 2011 Ford Edge and believes that it will be a head-turner at the mall. This will be because the front-end has had a revamp to its styling, which as you can see by these images has much more chrome.

It’s all great having all these new design features, but the one area where the new Ford CUV could suffer is its price. Bowman believes that $30,000 is too high a price to pay, and maybe Ford should consider reducing this by $5,000, but would you agree?

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