A few weeks after Kia Australia launched an engaging promotional campaign for its forthcoming pickup truck, debating what it should be called, it now has a name. It will be called the Kia Tasman, as we had long suspected.
Last year, the company trademarked the Tasman moniker, drawing inspiration from the Tasman Sea, which lies between Australia and New Zealand, as well as the explorer Abel Tasman, who discovered Australia’s island state of Tasmania. It’s a fitting name for a vehicle that will consider Australia one of its most important markets.
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