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Kia Motors Showing Off New Hybrid Rio
By MB-BigB | February 22, 2007
Kia Motors is planning to debut its new Rio Hybrid at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show, according to Edmunds.com. While it doesn’t look like the car will actually go on sale in North America until 2008, Kia plans to conduct a 4,000 car “real world” test in Korea over the next year. No pictures available yet, but the hybrid Rio will pair s 90 horsepower 1.4 liter 4 cylinder gas engine with a 12 kilowatt electric motor. The car was developed in conjunction with Kia’s parent company Hyundai.
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February 27th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
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