Kia Stinger News

Move over China, this decade belongs to your closest rival: why the 2020s belong to Hyundai and Kia, not China, Japan or Germany | Opinion
By Byron Mathioudakis · 19 Aug 2025
Sorry, Swifties. While we appreciate the cultural phenomenon that is singer/songwriter, artist and philanthropist Taylor Swift, this is not a paean to a great pop star, but, rather, a reference to the year that marked Japan’s stellar ascension as the biggest threat to the established carmakers of that time. Their fear was existential as well as actual.
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Kia Stinger sports sedan to be reborn as 2026 Kia GT1 electric car with 450kW of EV power: report
By Laura Berry · 12 Feb 2024
The Kia Stinger looks to be making a return as the powerful and fastest electric vehicle the brand has ever had - the GT1.
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From $20k budget hatchbacks to a $100k premium electric SUV in just a handful of years - How Kia transformed its image and became a pain for brands like Mazda, Toyota, Mitsubishi and even Hyundai
By Tom White · 14 Jan 2024
Kia has a longer history than you might think but how, exactly, did it get from selling $20k budget hatchbacks to $100,000 electric SUVs in just a handful of years?
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Price increases for 2023 Kia models including Stonic, Sportage, Rio, Cerato
By Chris Thompson · 23 Jan 2023
Kia Australia has increased prices of some of its most popular models, with some of its most popular picks now hundreds or thousands of dollars more expensive.The pricing adjustments for new Kia cars came into effect on January 1, 2023, and affects models
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Top 10 news stories of 2022
By Tung Nguyen · 31 Dec 2022
As the world tries to find the new normal after the outbreak and continued presence of a crippling pandemic, so to has the automotive industry tried to get back onto an even keel in 2022.
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It's official! Kia Stinger production to end as limited edition marks end of the road
By Chris Thompson · 22 Dec 2022
A global statement from Kia, announcing a limited-edition version of the Kia Stinger, has also confirmed the end of the line for the sports sedan, as the car's production is set to wrap up in 2023.Chang Sung Ryu, Kia's senior vice-president, said the end
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Is the Stinger stung? Kia's performance sedan dropped from the UK market, but what does that mean for Australia?
By Tim Nicholson · 11 Nov 2022
Kia’s flagship sports sedan, the Stinger, might not be long for this world, with one key right-hand drive (RHD) market pulling the model from its line-up.
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Goodbye to another rear-drive performance sedan? Kia Stinger faces chopping block in 2023: Report
By Chris Thompson · 24 Oct 2022
Despite being on track to have its best year of Australian sales in 2022, the Kia Stinger won't be available for much longer according to reports from South Korea saying production of the sedan is set to end next year.Introduced in mid-2017, the Stinger w
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Why the Kia EV6 is everything the Stinger wasn't: The new electric model is the long-awaited game-changer for the brand - Opinion
By Stephen Ottley · 26 Jun 2022
The Kia EV6 isn’t the biggest-selling model for the South Korean brand - but it is the most important.
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Kia Stinger out on bail: How the Australian Police are saving a modern icon from following the Holden Commodore SS and Ford Falcon XR8 into oblivion
By Byron Mathioudakis · 13 Jun 2022
Great news for people who love affordable old-school petrol-powered rear-drive performance sedans. The Kia Stinger will continue to be imported in Australia for the foreseeable future, despite some reports outlining its impending discontinuation in the key North American market later this year.
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