KIA Motors

The Power to Surprise



Type : Subsidiary

Founded : 1944

Headquarter : Seoul, South Korea
Number of locations Main Plant Locations: Hwasung Plant, Kooni, South Korea; Sohari Plant, Nearest to Anyang, South Korea; Kwang-Ju Plant, Gwangju, South Korea; Seosan Plant, Seosan, South Korea; Slovakian Plant, Žilina, Slovakia

Area served : International

Key people : Byung Mo Ahn: Group President and CEO Kia Motors America and Kia Motors

Manufacturing: Georgia

Industry : Automobile manufacturer

Products : Automobiles; over 1,000,000 sold last year.

Parent : Hyundai Kia Automotive Group

Website : kia.com

Kia Motors is the 2nd largest automobile manufacturer in South Korea.
According to Kia Motors, the name "Kia" derives from the Sino-Korean words ki ("to come out") and a (which stands for Asia), it is roughly translated as "arise or come up out of Asia" or "rising out of Asia".

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