Kia K9

The **Kia K9** (called Kia K900 in the United States and Canada, and Kia Quoris in other countries) is a full-size luxury sedan.  made by Kia. It is the first rear-wheel drive sedan that Kia sold in the United States. The K9 was first introduced in South Korea in May 2012, and started being sold in other countries later that year.

## First generation (KH; 2012)

The first generation of the Kia K9 (known as the K900 in North America and Quoris in other countries) was produced from 2012 to 2018. It shared its platform with the Hyundai Equus and Genesis. The K9 had a 3.3L V6 engine, a 3.8L V6, and a 5.0L V8 engine. It came with an 8-speed automatic transmission and rear-wheel drive. In 2013, it was launched in Russia, and it was sold in countries like the Middle East, South Korea, and the United States. It had features like blind spot detection, a head-up display, and an adaptive front lighting system.

## Second generation (RJ; 2018)

The second generation of the Kia K9 was introduced in 2018. It is larger and wider than the first generation, with a longer wheelbase. The new K9 uses the same 8-speed transmission and offers engines like the 3.3L Lambda II GDi V6, 3.3L T-GDi V6, 3.8L Lambda II GDi V6, and the 5.0L Tau GDi V8. The second generation also introduced an all-wheel-drive (AWD) option in some countries. In 2021, the car received a facelift with a new grille and updated features inside in 2018 Kia discontinued the K900 in Canada and in the United States due to weak sales and Kia focusing more on SUVS and Crossovers in January 2021.

## Markets

The Kia K9 was sold in the United States, Canada, South Korea, Brazil, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Russia, and Middle East, Currently its sold only in South Korea.

## Infobox (automobile)

- **name**: Kia K9
- **image**: Kia K9 RJ PE Aurora Black Pearl (57) (cropped).jpg
- **manufacturer**: Kia, Kia Corporation
- **aka**: Kia K900 (United States and Canada)
 Kia Quoris
- **production**: 2012–present
- **class**: Full-size car, Full-size Luxury vehicle, luxury car (F-segment, F)
- **body style**: 4-door Sedan (automobile), sedan
- **layout**: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout, Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (2018–present)


## Infobox (automobile)

- **name**: First generation (KH)
- **image**: 2012 Kia Quoris (KH) sedan (2012-10-26) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Kia Quoris
- **production**: 2012–2018
- **model years**: 2013–2018
- **assembly**: Gwangmyeong, South Korea
Kaliningrad, Russia (Avtotor)
- **designer**: Peter Schreyer (2009)
- **layout**: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- **platform**: Hyundai-Kia M platforms, Hyundai M1 Platform
- **related**: Hyundai Equus
Hyundai Genesis
- **transmission**: 8-speed automatic transmission, automatic
- **length**: (pre-facelift)
 (facelift)


## Infobox (automobile)

- **name**: Second generation (RJ)
- **image**: Kia k9 rj black (1) (cropped).jpg
- **aka**: Kia K900 (United States, most markets)
- **production**: 2018–present
- **model years**: 2019–present
- **assembly**: Gwangmyeong, South Korea
- **designer**: Peter Schreyer
Karim Habib (2021 facelift)
- **layout**: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout, Front-engine, four-wheel-drive
- **platform**: Hyundai-Kia M platforms, Hyundai M2 Platform
- **related**: Genesis G90#HI, Genesis G90/EQ900
Genesis G80#DH, Genesis G80
- **transmission**: 8-speed automatic transmission, automatic
- **length**: (pre-facelift)
 (facelift)