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Type Public
Founded 1944
Location Seoul, South Korea
Key people Eui-Sun Chung, Ik Hwan Kim
Industry Automotive
Products {{{products}}}
Revenue image:green up.png$14,566.6 million, image:green up.png35.5% USD (2004)
Employees 500
Website kia.com


For the three-letter military term, please see KIA.

Kia Motors Company (KSE: 000270) is a South Korean automobile manufacturer. Its slogan is "The Power to Surprise".


History

South Korea's oldest car company, Kia was founded in 1944. It later produced several Mazda models under licence, including the Pride (based on the 121) and Avella, which were sold in North America and Australasia as the Ford Festiva and Ford Aspire. The name "Kia" (기아, 起亞) roughly translates as "Arising from Asia" in Korean and Chinese characters.

In 1993, it began operating in the United States, with initial efforts focused in California. Dealers in 1994 sold the Sephia, and a few years later the United States line expanded with the addition of the Sportage. Kia vehicles were considerably less reliable than those from competitors, and relied largely on ten-year powertrain warranties for sales. (Also see Hyundai) Kia has consistently ranked last on J.D. Power and Associates durability index. In recent years however, Kia has worked to improve the reliabilty of their vehicles and it now rates higher than many other car companies. (Its ratings were only narrowly beaten by General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler in 2004 in the United States market.)

Kia's troubles in 1997 helped to push South Korea into the Asian financial crisis, and it was acquired in 1998 by the Hyundai Motor Company.

Due to the success that came to Kia after Hyundai took over, Kia sales have improved dramatically 1998-2005. On September 6, 2005, Kia announced that it would be building a new plant in Mississippi in the US to keep up with the US demand for Kia vehicles, which has risen steadily and is expected to reach 290,000 vehicles sold in the US for 2005.
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Affiliations and subsidiaries

Kia is one of the companies of the Hyundai Motor Group and has four subsidiaries:

* Kia Motors Europe
* Doongpung Ywieda Kia
* Kia Motors America
* Asia Motors, Ltd

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Model Lineup
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Passenger Car

Kia Motors Group

* Avella(from Ford Aspire and Ford Mazda Festiva)
* Brisa(from Mazda Familia, Mazda Grand Familia and Mazda 1000/1200/1300, Mazda 818))
* Capital
* Concord(from Mazda Capella)
* Potentia(from Mazda Luce)
* Sephia/Mentor
* Pride(from Ford Festiva and Mazda 121)

Subsidary of Hyundai Motor Group

* Visto(from Hyundai Atos, Hyundai Santro and Atos by Dodge)
* Amanti/Opirus
* Clarus/Credos
* Clarus/Credos II
* Elan/Vigato/Kia Roadster(from Lotus Elan)
* Enterprise(from Mazda Sentia and Mazda 919)
* Magentis/Optima
* Morning/Picanto
* Magentis/Optima/Optima-Regal
* Potentia(New)
* Rio/Pride
* Rio(Cinco/RX-V)
* Rio SF/Rio
* Sephia/Mentor(New)
* Sephia/Spectra/Shuma
* Spectra
* Spectra/Cerato

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Commercial Vehicle

Kia Motors Group

* Kia KB(from Hino Truck)
* Kia Rhino/Wide-Boxer
* Kia Trade
* Kia Boxer(from Mazda Boxer)
* Kia AM Truck(from Hino Truck)
* Kia AM Bus
* Kia Granbird(Asia Motors)
* Kia Titan(from Mazda Titan)
* Kia Super-Titan
* Kia Jumbo-Titan
* Kia Granto
* Kia Combi
* kia Cosmos

Hyundai Motor Group

* Kia Pamax(from Hyundai Mighty II)
* Kia Rhino(New)(from Hino Ranger)
* Kia Granbird
* Kia Power-Combi
* Kia New Cosmos
* Kia Frontier(1.4ton/2.5ton)

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See also

* List of Korea-related topics
* List of Korean car makers
* Economy of South Korea

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Worldwide External links

Main (Korea & Other)

* Kia Motors
* Kia Opirus Korea
* Kia Opirus Global
* Kia Motors International Homepage
* Kia Hotline
* Kia Amanti(Opirus)
* Kia Picanto(Morning)

Asia

* Doongpung Ywieda Kia
* Kia Motors Taiwan
* Kia Motors Hong Kong
* Kia Motors Philippines
* Kia Motors Vietnam
* Kia Motors Malaysia
* Kia Motors Singapore
* Kia Motors Thailand

Oceania

* Kia Motors Australia
* Kia Motors New Zealand

Europe

* Kia Motors Europe
* Kia Motors Deutschland
* Kia Motors Denmark
* Kia Motors Poland
* Kia Motors Russia
* Kia Motors France
* Kia Motors Spain
* Kia Motors Poland
* Kia Motors Italia
* Kia Motors Greece
* Kia Motors Belgium
* Kia Motors Netherland
* Kia Motors Sweden
* Kia Motors Norway
* Kia Motors Finland
* Kia Motors Czech
* Kia Motors Switzerland
* Kia Motors Ukraine

Africa

* Kia Motors South Africa

North America

* Kia Motors America
* Kia Motors Canada

South America

* Kia Motors Argentina
* Kia Motors Brasil
* Kia Motors Chile

Other

* Kia Forum
* Dunaweb History of Kia Motors
* Interbill Kia Motors timeline



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