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• Kia Motors aims for 17% U.S. sales growth in 2010   [Nov 06, 2009]

  Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-biggest carmaker, aims to increase U.S. sales as much as 17 percent next year as it rolls out new models and predicts a recovery in industrywide demand. The ...

• Kia Motors posts 40.4% growth in Sept global sales   [Oct 13, 2009]

  Kia Motors Corporation announced Monday its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales, and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs), and commercial ...

• Kia recalls Sportage SUVs in China on switch fault   [Sep 28, 2009]

  Shanghai, September 28 (Gasgoo.com) South Korean automaker Kia Motors Corp. today started to recall 235 imported Sportage SUVs in the Chinese market due to the vehicle's stop lamp switch fault, ...

• Hyundai Kia's China sales surge 169% in August   [Sep 17, 2009]

  Shanghai, September 17 (Gasgoo.com) South Korean automaker Hyundai Kia Automotive Group has announced that its sales in China surged 168.98% in August from a year earlier to 71,215 units (imported ...

• Kia to build 2011 Sorento crossover at U.S. plant   [Aug 26, 2009]

  Kia Motors America has reported that the all-new 2011 Sorento crossover utility vehicle will be built later 2009 at its assembly plant, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, in West Point, Georgia. The ...

• Kia Motors sales in China up 101.3% in July   [Aug 21, 2009]

  Kia Motors Corp., the biggest subsidiary of South Korea's automobile tycoon Hyundai Motor Company, saw its total sales volume in China rocket 101.3% year on year in July 2009. Presently, the Kia has ...

• Hyundai, Kia unveil plan to develop green cars   [Aug 15, 2009]

  Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate, Kia Motors Corp., unveiled a plan Thursday to develop environmentally friendly cars in an effort to become one of the world's four largest "green car" ...

• Kia quadruples profit on Korean, Chinese sales   [Aug 12, 2009]

  Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's second-biggest carmaker, more than quadrupled quarterly profit to the highest since 2003 as domestic and Chinese sales allowed it to avoid the worst of a global auto ...

• Dongfeng Yueda Kia vehicle sales up 104% in July   [Aug 10, 2009]

  Shanghai, August 10 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co, a joint venture between Chinese automaker Dongfeng Group and Korean automaker Kia Motor, posted a 104.1% year on year increase in ...

• Kia Sorento import to China hit by Korea strike   [Aug 06, 2009]

  Shanghai, August 6 (Gasgoo.com) Kia Motors recently said that the upcoming summer strike by its workers will affect Hyundai and Kia's vehicle export supply, and the newly launched Kia Sorento's ...

• Hyundai, Kia to offer incentives to laid-off buyers   [Aug 03, 2009]

  Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Corp yesterday said they plan to provide incentives to customers in South Korea if they lose their jobs.The plan comes at a time when domestic auto sales are expected ...

• Hyundai-Kia joining top five automakers in U.S.   [Jul 20, 2009]

  Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group is expected to expand its share of the U.S. market by 3.5 percentage points by 2013, according to a Merrill Lynch report released on Wednesday. In its annual "Car Wars" ...

• Kia Motors union to launch strike over wages   [Jul 15, 2009]

  Unionized workers at Kia Motors Corp, South Korea's No.2 auto maker, plan to launch a partial strike for two days over wages and working conditions, the union said on Wednesday.Both day and night ...

• Dongfeng Yueda Kia secures $150M loan from Bank of China   [Jun 26, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 26 (Gasgoo.com) Kia Motors' Corp.'s Chinese unit Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co has secured a US$150 million loan from the Bank of China to support its expansion plans, Xinhua ...

• Dongfeng Yueda Kia to be fastest growing carmaker in China   [Jun 19, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 19 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co, a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corp(50%), Hyundai Kia Automotive Group (25%), and Jiangsu Yueda Investment Co(25%), said ...

• Kia Motors launches locally-built Forte in China   [Jun 18, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 18 (Gasgoo.com) Kia Motors launched its C-segment Forte (known as 'all-new Cerato' in some countries) to the Chinese market today in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu ...

• Kia Motors posts growth in China, Korea in April   [May 15, 2009]

  Kia Motors Corporation announced today that it has continued to gain market share in China, general markets and Korea posting sales growth of 39.3%, 13.1% and 5.8%, respectively. By region, Kia ...

• Kia Forte debuts in Shanghai before China sale   [Apr 29, 2009]

  Shanghai, April 29 (Gasgoo.com) The latest Kia Forte sedan (Furuidi in Chinese) made its Chinese debut at the 2009 Shanghai auto show. Kia Motors' Chinese venture Donfeng Yueda Kia (DYK) will release ...

• Kia Soul becomes a hot seller in N. America   [Apr 29, 2009]

  SEOUL — Kia thinks it has found its soul.The quirky, youth-oriented little car is being snapped up so fast in North America that execs at the Hyundai-owned brand here are trying to figure out ...

• Kia cashing in on China demand for small cars   [Apr 23, 2009]

  Kia Motors Corp has joined Hyundai Motor Co in raising its 2009 China sales goal as tax cuts spur demand for smaller vehicles in Asia's biggest auto market.South Korea's second-biggest carmaker ...