Kia Motors
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | Template:Kse |
| Industry | Automobile manufacturer |
| Founded | June 9, 1944 |
| Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Hyoung-Keun Lee (President & CEO) |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Revenue | ($21.261 billion USD) |
| Net income | ($2.06 billion USD) |
| Total assets | ($17 billion USD) |
| Owner(s) | Hyundai Kia Automotive Group (49.2%[1]) |
| Employees | 42,000 (as of November 2009) |
| Website | kia.com |
| Kia Motors | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 기아자동차 |
| Hanja | 起亞自動車 |
| Revised Romanization | Gia Jadongcha |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kia Chadongch'a |
Kia Motors (Korean: 기아자동차, ki.a) 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.[2] The company is partly owned by the Hyundai Motor Group. Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee has been president since August 2009.[3]
The word Kia comes from Korean words meaning "to arise to the world from Asia".
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Models [change]
Passenger cars [change]
- 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 (expected March 2012)
SUVs and vans [change]
Commercial vehicles [change]
References [change]
- ↑ "Common/filedown.aspx?path=AnnualReport&filename=2009AR.pdf Hyundai Motor 2009 annual report". Worldwide.hyundai.com. http://worldwide.hyundai.com. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ↑ "보안상 차단된 페이지". Kmcir.com. http://www.kmcir.com/eng/kire3000/kire3100.asp. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ↑ http://www.kia.co.nz/Libraries/Generic%20Content/Kia%20Motors%20Corporation%20appoints%20new%20President.sflb