All rights reserved. Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is. Kia s U.S. sales have doubled in the past three years and are on pace to crack the 200,000 mark this year, which would begin challenging the second-tier Japanese on the volume front. Talk from the Top Index Kia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co., also is evolving away from its image as a bottom-rung provider of cheap transportation.
More products are on the way as well.
That should put the Korean automaker on more buyers radar screens. In an April interview, Ahn discussed the future of Kia in the United States with Staff Reporter Mark Rechtin. No, I m in charge of Kia Motors America only. We want to share platforms between the two companies, but we also need to differentiate the brands. We want to get the maximum synergy out of that.