The most popular class of car in the US today is the compact crossover, but this wasn’t yet the case when the first of the Kia Sportage generations launched here in 1994. Doing battle with way fewer ...

Kia is one of two South Korean automotive giants, the other being Hyundai and its luxury arm Genesis. Kia operated independently until 1998, when it merged with the Hyundai group to become the world's ...