Kia Motors facts for kids
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Traded as | KRX: 000270 |
Industry | Automobile manufacturer |
Founded | June 9, 1944 |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Hyoung-Keun Lee (President & CEO) |
Products | Automobiles |
Revenue | ![]() ($21.261 billion USD) |
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Total assets | ![]() ($17 billion USD) |
Owner | Hyundai Kia Automotive Group (49.2%) |
Number of employees
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42,000 (as of November 2009) |
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Hangul | 기아자동차 |
Hanja | 起亞自動車 |
Revised Romanization | Gia Jadongcha |
McCune–Reischauer | Kia Chadongch'a |
Kia Motors is a car company. The headquarters are in Seoul, South Korea. It is the second-largest automobile manufacturer in that country, after Hyundai Motor Company. Kia sold of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010. The company is partly owned by the Hyundai Motor Group. Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee has been president since August 2009.
The word Kia comes from Korean words meaning "to arise to the world from Asia".
Models
Passenger cars
- Cadenza/K7
- cee'd/cee'd SW/pro_cee'd
- Forte/Cerato
- Forte Koup
- Morning/Picanto
- Opirus/Amanti
- Optima/Magentis
- Rio/Rio5/Pride
- Soul
- Venga
- K9
- Rino
SUVs and vans
- Carens/Rondo
- Carnival/Sedona
- Joice
- Mohave/Borrego
- Sorento
- Sportage
Commercial vehicles
- K2700/Strong/3000S/2500TCI- KMC only
- K4000s – KMC only
- AM928 – KMC only
- Granbird – KMC only
- Combi
Images for kids
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Kia Forte/Cerato
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