Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , SUVs , Kia click above for more high-res live shots of the 2009 Kia Borrego Perhaps the biggest news about the Kia Borrego is that it marks the introduction of a V8 to the Korean automaker's powertrain arsenal. On the other hand, maybe we're just power-addled...

The 2009 Borrego marks Kia's first entry into the mid-size SUV market. Featuring body-on-frame construction and an optional 4.6L, 333bhp V8, it should offer serious competition to vehicles like the Ford Explorer. It also features three rows of seats, optional air-suspension, hill descent control...

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , SUVs , Etc. , Kia We've already seen some undisguised pictures of Kia's handsome new midsize SUV, but the vehicle just launched officially in Korea as the Mohave. Official launch means official pictures, and that's what we have here, a ton of really beautiful...

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , SUVs , Kia click above image for high-res gallery of the Kia Borrego It's that time of year again when people call up all their friends and invite them over for some holiday cheer and the car makers are no exception. Kia Motors kicked off the festivities the other...

Those Koreaphiles at Kia-World.net have gotten their hands on some very detailed shots of the brand new full-size Kia Borrego (technically the Kia Mohave in Korea) before the Detroit Auto Show. This model is sporting a 3.0L V6, but we're supposed to get the first V8 for our gaz-guzzling American...

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , SUVs , Kia Kia has slapped a name on the production body-on-frame SUV born from the 2005 Mesa concept. Dubbed "Borrego," the truck will be offered with V6 or V8 power and have a grille that looks uncannily similar to the one on the Subaru Tribeca . Its headlights are...

It's been a long time coming, from spy photos to teaser shots . And what happens? Kia goes ahead and changes the name from one that's broadly geological to one referring to the location of an annual grapefruit festival. We mean, of course, California's Borrego Springs, which may have given its name to...