Kia Corporation

**Kia Corporation** formerly known as **Kia Motors**, (, ), (stylized as **KИ** or **ΚΙΛ**), 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. The company is partly owned by the Hyundai Motor Group. Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee has been president since August 2009.

The word _Kia_ comes from Korean words meaning "to arise from Asia to the world". 1944

### Current models

|colspan="3"|Model|colspan="3"|Current generation|rowspan="2" width="32%" cellpadding="32px"|Vehicle description|rowspan="2" width="9%"|Global sales (2022, by units)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="8"|**Hatchback**|||||||
||**Ceed**|2006|CD|2018|Europe, etc.|C-segment hatchback for the European market.|80,044 (incl. Proceed and SW)|
||**EV4**|2025|CT|2025|Europe, etc.|Battery electric hatchback based on the Hyundai E-GMP platform.|-|
||**K3**|2023|BL7|2023|Latin America and Middle East|B-segment/subcompact hatchback, successor of the Rio hatchback.|-|
||**K4**|2024|CL4|2024|Americas, Europe, Australia etc.|C-segment hatchback, successor to the Forte/Cerato hatchback and Ceed.|-|
||**Picanto/ Morning**|2004|JA|2017|Global (except North America and China)|A-segment city car.|148,197|
||**Ray**|2011|TAM|2011|South Korea|City car with single rear sliding door based on the Picanto for the South Korean market. Battery electric version is available.|44,566|
|colspan="8"|**Sedan/liftback**|||||||
||**EV4**|2025|CT|2025|Global|Battery electric sedan based on the Hyundai E-GMP platform.|-|
||**K3**|2023|BL7|2023|Latin America and Middle East|B-segment/subcompact sedan, successor of the Rio sedan.|-|
||**K4**|2024|CL4|2024|Americas, Middle East, Australia, etc.|C-segment/compact sedan, successor of the Forte/K3/Cerato sedan.|-|
||**K5**|2000 (as Optima)|DL3|2019|North America, South Korea, Middle East, etc.|D-segment/mid-size sedan, successor of the Optima.|121,538|
||**K8**|2021|GL3|2021|South Korea, etc.|Executive sedan oriented for the domestic South Korean market, successor of the K7.|47,279|
||**K9**|2012|RJ|2018|South Korea, etc.|Flagship luxury sedan oriented for the domestic South Korean market.|6,736|
||**Pegas/ Soluto**|2017|AB|2017|Emerging markets|Entry-level B-segment sedan.|36,755|
|colspan="8"|**Station wagon**|||||||
||**Ceed SW**|2006|CD|2018|Europe, etc.|Station wagon version of the Ceed.|80,044 (incl. Ceed hatchback and Proceed)|
||**Proceed**|2006|CD|2018|Europe|Shooting brake version of the Ceed.|80,044 (incl. Ceed hatchback and SW)|
|colspan="8"|**SUV/crossover**|||||||
||**EV3**|2024|SV|2024|Global|Battery electric crossover based on the Hyundai E-GMP platform.|-|
||**EV5**|2023|OV|2023|China, Asia-Pacific and others|Battery electric crossover based on the Hyundai-Kia N3 eK platform.|-|
||**EV6**|2021|CV|2021|Global|Battery electric crossover based on the Hyundai E-GMP platform.|83,411|
||**EV9**|2023|MV|2023|Global|Battery electric mid-size SUV based on the Hyundai E-GMP platform.|-|
||**Niro**|2016|SG2|2022|Global|Alternative fuel vehicle compact crossover SUV. Available as a battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid.|141,427|
||**Soul**|2008|SK3|2019|North America, etc.|Tall crossover or mini MPV. Battery electric version is also available in South Korea and the only one available in Europe. The Soul EV is not sold in North America.|76,190|
||**Seltos**|2019|SP2|2019|Global (except Europe, etc.)|Subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment).|299,433|
||**Sonet**|2020|QY|2020|Global emerging markets|Entry-level subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) smaller than Stonic.|112,357|
||**Sorento**|2002|MQ4|2020|Global|Two or three-row compact/mid-size crossover SUV between the Sportage and Telluride in North America and the Arabic-speaking Middle East and above Sportage elsewhere except for India.|214,476|
||**Sportage**|1993|NQ5|2021|Global|Two-row compact crossover SUV (C-segment). Best selling Kia model globally. Not offered in India.|415,863|
||**Sportage Ace**|2005|NP|2017|China|Two-row compact crossover SUV for the Chinese market.|17,582|
||**Stonic**|2017|YB CUV|2017|Europe, Australasia, etc.|Subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) based on the Rio.|104,142|
||**Syros**|2025|AY|2025|India|Crossover City car (A-Segment) for Indian market.|-|
||**Telluride**|2018|ON|2018|North America and Middle East|Three-row mid-size crossover SUV, only sold in the Arabic-speaking Middle East and North America.|106,860|
||**XCeed**|2018|CD CUV|2018|Europe, etc.|Two-row compact crossover SUV (C-segment) based on the Ceed.|53,951|
|colspan="8"|**Pickup truck/Ute**|||||||
||**Tasman**|2025|TK|2025|Australia, New Zealand and emerging markets|Mid-size pickup truck|- (incl. Australia)|
|colspan="8"|**Minivan**/**MPV**|||||||
||**Carens**|1999|KY|2021|Asia-Pacific emerging markets|Crossover-styled three-row compact MPV.|68,874|
||**Carnival**|1998|KA4|2020|Global (except Europe, etc.)|Three-row or four-row (depending on the market) minivan with sliding doors.|111,777|
||**PV5**|2025|SW1|2025|Global|Battery electric minivan based on the E-GMP.S platform.||

### Former models

|rowspan="2"|Model|colspan="2"|Timeline|rowspan="2" width="14%"|Successor|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align: left"|**Avella**|1994|1999|Rio/Pride||
|style="text-align: left"|**Brisa**|1974|1981|Pride||
|style="text-align: left|**Combi**|2000|2002|-||
|style="text-align: left|**Concord/Capital**|1997|2014|Credos||
|style="text-align: left|**Credos**|1996|2000|Optima||
|style="text-align: left|**Enterprise**|1998|2002|Opirus/Amanti||
|style="text-align: left|**Elan/Vigato**|1996|1999|||
|style="text-align: left|**Forte/K3/Cerato**|2008|2024|K4 (2025)||
|style="text-align: left|**Joice**|1999|2003|Carens||
|style="text-align: left|**K4 (China)**|2014|2020|-||
|style="text-align: left|**K7/Cadenza**|2009|2021|K8||
|style="text-align: left"|**KX3**|2015|2023|Seltos||
|style="text-align: left"|**KX5**|2015|2021|Sportage||
|style="text-align: left"|**KX7**|2016|2021|-||
|style="text-align: left"|**Mentor**|1994|2001|-||
|style="text-align: left"|**Mohave**|2009|2024|-||
|style="text-align: left"'|**Niro Plus**|2021|2024|-||
|style="text-align: left"|**Opirus/Amanti**|2002|2011|K7/Cadenza||
|style="text-align: left"|**Potentia**|1992|2001|K9||
|style="text-align: left"|**Pregio**|1995|2006|-||
|style="text-align: left"|**Pride**|1986|2011|Rio||
|style="text-align: left"|**Qianlima**|2003|2006|Rio/Pride||
|style="text-align: left"|**Retona**|1998|2003|-||
|style="text-align: left"|**Rio**|1999|2023|K3 (BL7)||
|style="text-align: left"|**Rondo**|2006|2022|Carens||
|style="text-align: left"|**Sephia**|1992|2003|Cerato||
|style="text-align: left"|**Spectra**|2000|2009|Forte||
|style="text-align: left"|**Stinger**|2017|2023|-||
|style="text-align: left"|**Soul EV**|2014|2024|EV3||
|style="text-align: left"|**Venga**|2009|2017|-||
|style="text-align: left"|**Visto**|2000|2004|Picanto||

## Commercial vehicles

|colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Image|colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Model|rowspan="2" width="10%"|Calendar year introduced|colspan="2"|Current model|rowspan="2" width="14%"|Main markets|rowspan="2" width="35%"|Vehicle information|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="7"|**Bus**|||||||||||
|**GRANBIRD**|**Granbird**|1994|2008|2020|South Korea|||||||
|colspan="7"|**Truck**|||||||||||
|**BONGO**|**Bongo**|1981|2004|2012|South Korea|||||||

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: Kia Corporation
기아자동차
- **company logo**:
Movement that inspires
- **company type**: Public
- **genre**: Automotive
- **foundation**: December 11, 1944
- **location**: Seoul, South Korea
- **key people**: Han-Woo Park
(President & CEO)
- **area served**: Worldwide except for Japan and North Korea
- **industry**: Automobile manufacturer
- **products**: Automobiles
- **revenue**: South Korean Won, ₩23.26 trillion (_2010_)
 ($21.261 billion USD)
- **net income**: ₩2.254 trillion (_2010_)
 ($2.06 billion USD)
- **assets**: ₩18.625 trillion (_2010_)
 ($17 billion USD)
- **owner**: Hyundai Motor Group (33.88)
- **num employees**: 52,488 (as of December 2019)


## Infobox (korean name)

- **hangul**: 기아자동차
- **hanja**: 起亞自動車
- **rr**: Gia Jadongcha
- **mr**: Kia Chadongch'a