Kia
Kia is a South Korean car
manufacturer. Its headquarters are located in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul,
South Korea. The company, which now belongs to the conglomerate of Hyundai
Motor Group, in the Ford phase manufactured, as part of the conglomerate
ante-crisis of Ford, models under license for Ford and Mazda. By 2013, its
global sales were 2.7. million vehicles, having its Hyundai property, with
33.88% of shares, the majority of control in its operations.
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Founded in 1944, was born as a
Honda motorcycle assembler in South Korea, from a steel pipe factory. In 1952,
Kia changed its name to Kyungsung Precision Industry, later it started to build
motorcycles, trucks and cars. Between the 50s and the 70s Kia was already
manufacturing, at its Sohari plant, cars for other important companies in the sector
such as Mazda, from which it later took its designs to develop its own, but
manufactured it from trucks (1962). ) and then cars (1973) under the brand, as
well as cars of the French Peugeot, such as 604, as well as some models of the
Italian Fiat, such as the 124, 125 and the Fiat 132. Kia continued to produce
several models of the Mazda under license since 1986, when its owner changed.
Then, it would become part of the American giant Ford, which, together with
Mazda, began to manufacture a Mazda-based model, each brand calling it
differently in the different markets where it was marketed, such as the Kia
Pride model.
At the beginning of the 90s Kia
opened its subsidiaries in the United States and Europe, including Spain, with
the launching of Sephia in both continents, initiating its progression of
success in these markets. In 1992, Kia entered the US market with the Sephia,
and then expanded its product range in 1994 with the arrival of the Sportage
SUV, based on the mechanics of the Mazda Bongo panel van. However, in 1997 the
company went bankrupt due to the Asian financial crisis, so in 1998 Hyundai
bought 33.88% of Kia. About one hundred Kia dealers existed around the United
States, in some 33 states by 1995, selling a record 24,740 automobiles.
However, during the 1998-2001
Asian financial crisis, Kia filed for bankruptcy in 1997, and in 1998, Hyundai
Motor Company acquired 51% of the company, ousting Ford as its majority
shareholder in Kia Motors since 1986. After subsequent moves and maneuvers, Hyundai
Motor Company owns less than 50% of the company, but retains most of its
participation and operation in the Kia.
The Kia Certificate of Conformity
is available for all Kia built by the European market.
With regard to products, Kia has
completed a diverse portfolio with the introduction in all segments in a short
space of time. The introduction in 2004-2005 of the Picanto as the basic car of
the brand in segment A, of Cerato in segment C and the new SUV Sportage, cars
that have completed their range, provide the company with a broad
competitiveness in all segments From the market. Kia, for the year 2013, has a
staff of more than 33,000 employees and an annual income of almost 19,000
million dollars. He is the main sponsor of the Australian Tennis Open and the
world sponsor of the Davis Cup. In August 2014, the company receives a large
part of the world's attention, since its holiness Francis of the Catholic
Church uses a compact car of the brand, the Kia Soul, during his five-day visit
to South Korea
Kia Motors is involved in a
controversy in Mexico due to alleged irregularities in the construction of one
of its plants in the municipality of Pesquerías, in the State of Nuevo León, in
the north of the country. The construction of the plant was made on land purchased
irregularly, and the agreement between the government of the state of Nuevo
Leon, led then by Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, was signed with advantageous
conditions to the South Korean company and with tax incentives higher than
those that contemplate the Mexican laws.
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Kia Motors has been sponsoring
competitions in different parts of the world such as the Australian Tennis Open
or the Copa America of Chile 2015 looking to gain recognition in markets other
than Asia.