Kia models

Kia’s petrol-powered K4 hatch appears to be fighting a losing battle against the wave of sharply priced small Chinese EVs. But for the purists, there’s still plenty to like

With pure-ICE variants dropped, the cheapest Sportage is now a pricier hybrid option. Is it an enticingly thrifty family choice?

It’s well known that dual-cab utes have become a popular lifestyle-vehicle choice for Australian families, regardless of whether there’s a tradie in the Living with the dual-cab ute that has the plaudits but not the popularity it deserves

If you’re pining for a 30-grand new car crammed with gadgets, best look away now – the facelifted 2026 Kia Stonic S base model is an engineering-led, Neatly sized, impressively packaged and with turbo performance bolstering admirable dynamic talent, the base Stonic proves there’s joy in simple pleasures.

Since its Australian debut in October 2024, the electric Kia EV5 has forged a respectable degree of popularity for itself. Riding on the back of Kia’s Among a plethora of impressive new mid-sized electric SUVs, how is Kia’s EV5 faring in terms of driving flair, interior quality, charging speed and value?

Following the demise of the rattly diesel Pregio in 2006, Kia has been out of the van game in Australia for 20 years. But the Korean brand is coming back Kia returns to van segment after over 20 years to produce oddball, yet enticing, electric effort.

When the first-generation Seltos launched in late 2019 it neatly filled a gap in Kia’s Australian line-up. Smaller than the Sportage and above Kia’s small Second-generation small SUV grows in size and goes all hybrid, though the all-new model doesn't fall far from the familiar Seltos tree.

Korean Tesla Model 3 challenger offers conventional EV credentials packed inside totally unconventional styling

Ageing yet impressive electric figurehead’s facelift improves the breed even if it mightn’t boost modest popularity

Non-SUV passenger car sales were down again in 2025, now accounting for barely more than one in ten vehicles sold in Australia. But where some importers The electric age has sparked a revival in popularity of sedans but challenging the Tesla Model 3 will be tough. Can Kia’s EV4 pull it off?

The EV3 is the latest entrant into Kia’s straightforwardly-named range of all-electric vehicles. Smaller than the EV5 and EV6 medium SUVs, it’s also the One of our favourite electric SUVs joins the fleet, but is Kia’s EV3 really the darling we thought on launch?

It’s been a big 2025 for Kia and its Australian arm for new and revised metal, including (in chronological order) EV6 update, K4 sedan, EV4 (global Korean mid-size SUV facelift brings key changes but does it improve the popular front-drive hybrid enough?

The Kia Stonic turns eight years old this month. In car lifecycle terms, that means the smallest Kia SUV would normally have been replaced with an all-new Charming driving dynamics and a remarkably convincing facelift keep the Kia Stonic feeling young, but higher pricing and running costs make it a hard sell

With this month’s relatively belated arrival of the Kia K4 Hatch — the five-door landed in Australia some 10 months after the sedan — the South Korean New platform makes the K4 more mature to drive than the old Cerato, while the interior is a usability masterclass — but only the GT-Line feels really complete.

The ute market is changing faster than ever, and although on the surface the Kia Tasman seems conventional with body-on-frame construction and a Tasman’s up-spec, on-road focused trim impresses with its lush cabin, surprising value and off-road prowess.

The Kia Tasman has landed in the Australian market on the strength of celebrity endorsements, Kia’s reputation for local chassis tuning and, well, very You’ve seen the reviews of the top-end Tasman X-Pro, but how does Kia’s first ute stack up as a more affordable workhorse?

Kia has announced pricing for the all-new, hybrid-only Seltos ahead of its arrival in showrooms in late October. The small SUV will arrive in six

MG Motor Australia has upgraded the flagship Essence 62 version of its MGS5 EV SUV with more power, performance and range as rolling MY26 updates in

The tax man is coming for electric vehicle buyers. Despite a High Court ruling that barred the states from introducing a road user tax for electricThe honeymoon period for the car industry’s fully electric future could soon be coming to an end – and drivers are set to foot the bill

Hyundai has revealed a facelift for its versatile Staria van platform with huge changes underneath, revealing an all-new plugless hybrid drivetrain said Facelifted Staria van gains new equipment for MY27, debuting a new plugless hybrid drivetrain and range-topping Lounge variant alongside small tweaks range-wide

Sportage medium SUV takes a page from Toyota RAV4’s playbook, consolidating all petrol variants into an expanded petrol-hybrid range to sit alongside existing diesels

Don’t worry, Australia’s cheapest car isn’t going anywhere… Yet. Now nine years and two facelifts old, the $19,190 Picanto Sport (before on-road costs) Updates to Picanto hinted to by Kia Exec, while an electric option is also being studied to sit below the EV3

Kia Australia top brass admits Tasman sales crawl was not in the plan, the ute needing to be made ‘more acceptable’

Long standing champion of the MPV segment, Kia, has set its sights on the electric cargo van segment. Set to arrive in late May, 2026, the Kia PV5 will New Kia PV5 will soon launch with a starting price of $55,990 to become Australia’s cheapest electric cargo van

Hyundai Australia has today launched its Chinese-assembled Elexio medium electric SUV – a twin-under-the-skin to Kia’s EV5 – as a cost-friendly Latest electric vehicle from Hyundai will rival Tesla Model Y and BYD Sealion 7 on value, with Elexio using Chinese assembly to drop overall cost

Kia Australia has debuted its most expensive and lavish model yet to the Australian market, launching the EV9 GT with peak outputs of 374kW and 740Nm, and Powerful 374kW EV9 GT breaks cover as a faster and classier Kia flagship boasting further equipment, electronic suspension, and unique styling over GT-Line

The Chinese-built Kia EV5 SUV will receive a suspension and steering overhaul in late 2026 to improve the driving experience of the relatively popular Externally, Kia executives are happy with the EV5’s sales performance. Privately, there is an acknowledgement the ride and handling need an upgrade.

The second-generation Kia Seltos will only be sold in Australia with hybrid engines in a move designed to both appeal to changing customer tastes and Australians are willingly adopting hybrids, but Kia executives acknowledge Albanese government’s tough NVES laws primarily drove the decision

A senior Kia executive has confirmed that the South Korean brand is working on new products that will share the body-on-frame platform of the Tasman ute. Wagon-body sibling to the Kia Tasman ute is progressing in development as key executive compares situation to Ford Ranger and Everest models

Kia Australia will discontinue V6 petrol variants of its Sorento large SUV and Carnival people-mover for 2026. The change comes as a result of stricter Base model V6 petrol bows out of Australia

Since launching in mid-2019, the Kia Seltos small SUV has generated more than two million sales for the South Korean brand — so the pressure was on to get Seltos adds sophistication by switching to K3 platform shared with latest Hyundai Kona, though core petrol engines carry over from outgoing small SUV model

Kia Australia will almost certainly fall short of its self-imposed Tasman ute sales target of 20,000 deliveries in its first 12 months on sale, with a Fleet sales still aren’t on the boil for Tasman ute, with brand also chalking up slower than expected Tasman sales to severe competition in the segment