We have already seen some spy shots and interior teaser pictures from Kia, so we can imagine how Kia’s first full size SUV will look like. But one thing we were missing and were not convinced about, is the name of it. Not anymore!
There has been a lot of guesswork done about the name in last few months. First, Kia released a concept car named Mesa at NAIAS last year, so everybody thought this is the name for production vehicle.Right after that we heard about Offenbach, which sounds very German by the way.
But at the end, Kiaworld blog found out, that the SUV name will probably be Mojave! On the 1st of August, Kia trademarked two names for U.S. market; Mojave and Mohave. Names were chosen for a SUV vehicle. So we can assume that at least in US market, Kia’s full size SUV is going to be named Mojave.
Mojave sounds familiar doesn’t it?! Well, everyone knows Mojave desert in USA that covers about 125,000 square kilometers of southern Nevada, western Arizona, southwestern Utah, and southeastern California. But do you know that Mojave is also a name for Kia’s pick-up truck concept car from 2004?
We will write a story about that later today, just to remember you how Kia’s cool concept car looked like!
You can see Mojave teaser picture and additional information here: Teaser shot (click here)
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October 24th, 2007 at 3:04 am
OMG! I just found out that the KCV-4 (A.K.A”Mojave”) will be coming to the United States as early as next year!!! This is a piece of information that Kia does not really want anyone to know. It is supposed to show up at dealerships without any public notice. I am serious! I have inside information from the Kia dealership in Traverse City, Michigan, that they have recieved forms with the option to have Kia send a few trucks to their dealership sometime next year! This is such exciting news, I can’t stand to keep it a secret! BRAVO KIA!
October 24th, 2007 at 8:54 am
KCV-4 name stands for a Mojave pick-up truck concept, which was unveiled in 2004 and is not coming to the market at all! Atleast not in the next two or three years! Kia did not decide to develope KCV-4 further so it is really only staying as an attractive concept car.
But there is a good chance and most possible that it’s name will be carried on to another Kia model, codenamed HM. Which is a large SUV and will be released early next year. So this could be the vehicle you have heard about from your dealership.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Nope, just checked back with the dealership, they are 100% sure of the pickup truck. Dont believe me? Check with any U.S. Kia dealer.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:23 am
It’s not that I wouldn’t believe you, it’s just I didn’t get any informations about it at all! There has been a lot of talk about pick-up truck and many US dealers want it to be in Kia’s line-up as soon as possible. But as far as I know pick-up plans are postponed for some years at Hyundai-Kia group. I you are right, we will see soon!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I’m 50/50 on this. Now I did happen to see that website about the names Mojave and Mohave being purchased. However, if a pickup is really coming, why are there no spy shots?
What I’m really trying to say is I always belived that there was some reason why the HM is BOF, and if a pickup is coming, than that’s the reason.
While we are talking about HM did you notice the pillars in some of the spy shots? In the video you recently showed, I noticed that pillars (B and C) are blacked out. In some of the spy shots, the pillars are blacked out too. Most pictures however are the same color as the exterior of the truck. In spy shots of HM, look very carefully at the pillars.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/tmb/11091_ARXJEASKSPPFZ.jpg HM with blacked out pillars. I think the HM with blacked out pillars is the V8.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Hi Jamayl! Nice find. To be honest, I didn’t notice that!:) But it will be interesting to see what does this mean to HM. Does it mean the different level of equipement or something else.
Regarding to pick-up truck, Greg was talking about; yes you’re right! There should be at least some spy pics before it comes to production. So I still think there was a little confusion made and we are talking about Kia HM (codename) SUV here.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:23 am
My Kia dealership has a poster on the wall with a picture of the Mojave pick-up on it.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
The dealership in Traverse City Michigan has a poster of every different Kia vehicle sold around the world on it. BTW, ‘himi’ where are you located? United States or elsewhere? JW.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Hey Greg. I’m from Slovenija (Europe)… Do they also have cee’d hatchback poster?
November 6th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
I just noticed the times after the date, wow! it is actually only 4:53 PM here in the states (Michigan, Eastern Time Zone)
November 6th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Hehe…yes we have about 6 hours difference! I will have to go to bed now…it’s getting late here