Kia Motors

Purchase price is just the beginning of what it costs to own a car. Depreciation, insurance and maintenance costs can vary widely between competing models. But is there any way to estimate all of that in advance? A few experts have taken a stab at it.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into complaints that the metal fuel tank straps of 2.73 million Ford F-150 pickup trucks can rust and break, possibly dropping the tank and creating a fire hazard. The investigation involves 1997 to 2001 model year...

Kia Motors Corp. recalled 58,322 of its Spectra LD cars because there is a possibility that road salt used in 20 northern states and Washington, D.C. could corrode the metal straps that hold the car's fuel tank in place, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The same corrosion...

Chung Sung-eun, vice chairman and chief executive of South Korea's Kia Motors, has resigned following the recall of some 100,000 cars worldwide for a wiring defect.