Kia has released an official image of its upcoming 7-passenger SUV and also announced its name: the Borrego. Kia released a teaser shot of the Borrego earlier this year– which was Codenamed HM at the time — but this is the first clear view we've had at the new SUV.
Kia is keeping tight lipped about the Borrego's details but did reveal that it will use a body-on-frame construction. Kia also announced that its mid-sized SUV will come standard with a V6 and will have a V8 option — likely the Tau DOHC 32-valve V8 to be used in the upcoming Hyundai Genesis sedan — giving the Borrego the highest towing capacity in the Korean automaker's history.
The Borrego will make its world debut at the Detroit Auto Show in January with sales starting in mid-2008 as a 2009 model.
Official image
Teaser image
Source: Kia names upcoming SUV, reveals engine options
There must be something lost in translation. The English-language version of Korea's Maeil Business web site is reporting that Kia will introduce a "premium large-sized" SUV in the U.S. next June. It'll have either a V6 or V8 engine (which would be Kia's first). So far so good. Then they give the original name of the vehicle as "Mohave," which we can only guess is their phonetic spelling of "Mojave," the concept vehicle on which it's based. BUT… now Kia is changing the name from that to "Borrego," after "a desert situated in eastern San Diego, California." The reason for the name change? "Because the word 'Borrego' is more familiar to Americans than the original name 'Mohave.'" I wonder if they got that information from their design center in Irvine, California, which designed the 
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