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Kia Loses the Right to Use Quoris Name in Europe to China's Qoros
We don't how many European or Korean, for that matter, carmakers would like to associate one of their top products with a Chinese brand, but Kia found itself in a legal battle with China's Qoros over the name of its new rear-wheel drive flagship saloon, the Quoris, and it lost - at least in Europe and for the time being. The Korean carmaker introduced the full-size luxury sedan in its home market as the K9, but in July this year, it announced that the export version would be named Quoris, which the company claims is derived from the English words 'Core' and 'Quality'.
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Kia To Launch Rwd Luxury Quoris Sedan As The K900 In The U.s. In Early 2014 [50 Photos]
Kia's flagship sedan model, called the K9 in South Korea and Quoris in other overseas markets (but not in Europe where China's Qoros claimed copyrights to the name), will finally come to the United States early next year, the company told dealers...
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U Spy: Kia's New Quoris Flagship Basking Under The Californian Sun
For some unexplained reason, Kia won't give us a definitive answer on when it's spanking new, rear-wheel drive Quoris flagship sedan will go on sale in North America, with officials simply stating that the car is currently being "evaluated"...
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Here’s Why Qoros Renamed Its Compact Models From Gq3 To 3
You know the saying, "what goes around, comes around". Well, now so does Chinese-Israeli startup Qoros, which last year, took Kia to German courts to ban the Korean company from using the "Quoros" moniker for its flagship rear-wheel...
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Qoros Details New 3 Production Sedan And Cross Hybrid And Estate Concepts
The compact car we came to know as the QC3 from Chinese-Israeli start-up brand Qoros over the past few months will be named the 3 Sedan (no similarities with the other 3 from…Bavaria), the company announced today, while also providing real-life...
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China's New Qoros Brand To Debut Its First Car At The Geneva Motor Show
We have been following the story on the new Qoros passenger car brand since China's Chery Automobile Co. and Israeli investment firm Israel Corp. officially announced the birth of the company last November (though, the two companies had established...
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