The Kia Mohave is named after Kia’s rigorous testing ground in the US desert which intrudes on four states and has Las Vegas as a glittering oasis in its centre. So in theory, having been honed in such a demanding environment – the desert, not Las Vegas – it should be perfectly suited to the Middle East.
At the press launch that Kia Motors held in the UAE (United Arab Emirates) last week, journalists were treated to a leisurely drive from the centre of Dubai out into the middle of the desert, where they hoped to be able to put Kia Mohave through it’s paces both on and off road. [read more]
Click image to enlarge!
Note: The source of the review is Automiddleeast, an online magazine providing news, reviews and car prices in the Middle East countries including Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and others. But since their site is unavailable to reach (at least for me) I posted an article at our Mohave forum – section Mohave reviews & test drives. The article was sent to me from our reader who lives in sunny Dubai. Thanks for the tip and pics, Boris!
June 26th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Beutiful pictures himi. I love the pics in which SUVs leave a trail of sand as the turn [4th pic] The automideast link only works in MidEast. The pic with the camels is also a wallpaper worthy pic.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
himi, could you also post the pics which I’ve sent you?
June 26th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
“The automideast link only works in MidEast.” It works for me and I am in the Midwest!
June 26th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
well thats strange. another strange thing is the curtain airbag deploying for no reason in one of the test Mohaves!
June 26th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Smart move for Kia because their gas is like $.90 a gallon.
June 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
hey wait a minute… it has LED taillights!!! great decision kia! also loos AWESOME in black!!!!!
June 27th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
And those polished silver wheels match well with the black too. [first 4 pics]. what say?
June 27th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Airbags deploying: These vehicles must be preproduction models and those models always have minor defects.Aalthough I wouldn’t call deploying an airbag as a minor defect, it can still happen… So, as I said before, it must had been a preproduction model and I’m sure Kia already sorted (checked) the problem out. So there should be mo worries for potential future Mohave buyers.
Oh, almost forgot to tell this…I talked to a friend who works for Kia and he told me those are preproduction vehicles and get crushed soon after the test drive was completed.
What a pity, such a nice vehicle and it gets crushed! Kia should rather give it to me!!!:D he he
June 28th, 2008 at 12:36 am
no himi it would be a waste to give it to you! they should just… give it to MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
June 28th, 2008 at 6:36 am
I wouldnt want defected pre-production models.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
hey I saw an ad bilboard being “dressed” in a Mohave ad.
July 16th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I have seen the Borego at Dubia’s KIA Service center, the back lights is much more fancier than the Mohave’s.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
what does fancier than mohave mean? all mohaves have those “fancy” LED tail lights. For some odd reason its the Borrego that doesnt get them. Does Borrego get reversing camera with the display in the rear view mirror. c lick my name.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Does anyone have a photo / diagram of how the interior looks with the centre and rear seats folded down? Does it provide a flat levelled floor like the Kia Sorento?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:46 am
yup it provides a flat floor. to see pix, go to kiamotors.com, click ‘Showroom’, click ‘SUV & MPV’, click ‘Mohave’, select ‘Style and Convenience’ from the list on the left and then click ‘Interior’.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I just visited the site myself and found out that mohave has got HID headlamps since August 2008.
November 25th, 2008 at 6:44 am
The rear back-up camera in the rear view mirror is all dependant on what market your in. If i am informed properly the U.S. market has the camera and the navigation unit in the car. But in canada i know for a fact that we do not have the rear back up camera of the navigation system.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:27 am
wow so nice.,. elegant & luxury SUV
October 25th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
very nice Im buy today this car. please help me to best service in iran…………..thanks.
March 12th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Hi
I have bouht this car 20 days ago. I enjoy while I drive it. but it is very expensive in my country(about 75000$)
please inform me where I can buy optional tools in Iran , Dubai or Turkey
thanks alot
March 27th, 2010 at 10:55 am
this is the best. thanks a lot kia.
July 7th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Um, your sir ain’t going to get this message from this blog. Why don’t u just call your dealership. It’s like if something was the matter with my Forte I’m going to go to this blog to see if I can get something done. No I call my dealership so I can make an appointment for them to look at it. Duh isn’t that common sense?