TIL Kia makes a 3 row,body on frame, 4wd SUV with a 3.0 V6 diesel

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt)
09/17/2019 at 16:43 • Filed to: kia, Kia Mohave, KIA MOHAVE BORREGO

Also known as the Borreg0? Should they bring it to the States? You think this would work as a viable competitor for the 4runner?

Just launched in Korea this week

DISCUSSION (21)

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 16:46

So this is the new Bor rego? Much better name this time around.

HammerheadFistpunch > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 16:48

It’s the Borrego!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 16:50

This looks like a better concept than the Telluride on many fronts, plus it looks better...

M.T. Blake > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 16:51

Not all diesels are good engines. Just saying.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 16:53

Is this not just a facelift/new grill for the Mohave they’ve made since 2008 (which was sold in the US for one year only)?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 16:54

Wow, so they are going to actually build the product the Big 3 have neglected to build for 40 years?

I’m stunned.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/17/2019 at 16:54

I don’t know all the information is in Korean. Haven’t seen any English sites cover this

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HammerheadFistpunch
09/17/2019 at 16:55

Pronounced “Moe-JAV”

HammerheadFistpunch > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
09/17/2019 at 16:56

Exactly. Just like OSX 10.14

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HammerheadFistpunch
09/17/2019 at 17:00

BTW, I wonder what VIN Number prefix code the new Kias will be built under...

MrSnrub > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 17:04

It’s sort of like an automotive mullet. 2019 up front, 2009 in the back

Really nice dash though

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 18:53

There has been talk of the Hyundai Group doing a BOF dual cab ute to compete with Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux etc in Asian and Australian markets. And it would follow that a wagon version would exist (as it does with Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Isuzu...to name a few).

However, fellow Korean maker SsangYong (owned by Mahindra) also has a BOF dual cab but unlike all the others it is actually based on the wagon rather than the other way round (having sat in one recently, there is a real benefit in terms of passenger comfort!) . The SsangYong Rexton spawned the latest Musso dual cabs and they are reportedly popular in their home market. And they are quite cheap in Oz too despite being Korean made.

So there is a cultural basis for the Hyundai Group to do the same thing.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 18:56

They used to sell the Borrego here. You could even get it with a V8 I think.

It didn’t sell so well.

coqui70 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 20:22

Bring it KIA!

Nibby > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 20:22

the borrego was sold here a while ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Mohave

Amoore100 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
09/17/2019 at 21:26

You mean this

Kinja'd!!!

I would totally drive one, especially with the Tau. It tried and failed to do for SUV’s what the Genesis did for mid-level luxury, but in that vein they’re pretty capable and offer shitloads of value.

jimz > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
09/20/2019 at 11:42

What? the Explorer, Durango, and Trailblazer/Envoy were body-on-frame, a lot more recently than 40 years ago.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > jimz
09/20/2019 at 11:45

Diesel? No.

jimz > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
09/20/2019 at 11:52

So what? Diesel is effectively dead in the US for anything other than HD pickups. it’s not “neglect” to refuse to waste money trying to sell something nobody wants.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > jimz
09/20/2019 at 12:10

Not sure what you are “on” about. The diesel Suburbans are still highly prized and they haven’t been built for decades. There’s always been a demand for a three row SUV with a diesel for towing and off-road. Detroit never built it so I guess the Koreans will.

Retail prices for grey market JDM Land Cruisers with the diesel are sky-high. There is a market.

jimz > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
09/20/2019 at 13:38

I don’t think your case is strengthened by pointing to “sky high” prices of rare vehicles. a handful of people paying a lot of money for grey market LanCrus or the small number of surviving GMT400s doesn’t mean there’s any significant demand for a new one.

and in case you didn’t notice, Kia isn’t planning on selling this thing in the US so clearly they don’t see a market here either.