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9 unusual facts about Kia Motors


Bathtub hoax

The article was entirely false but was still being widely quoted as fact for years, even as recently as January 2008 when a Kia TV ad referenced the story with no mention of its fictional nature.

Cry Before Dawn

Fellow band member Vince Doyle operates a Kia Motors dealership with his family and Pat Hayes is also living back in Wexford after 12 years in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ewald Automotive Group

Oconomowoc, Ewald's Kia in Oconomowoc and Ewald's Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in Oconomowoc.

Grupo Poma

Grupo Poma represents some of the leading companies in the automotive market, such as Toyota, BMW, Mitsubishi, Chevrolet, Ford and KIA.

John P. Curley

Curley is vice president of his family’s car dealership located in Lakewood, Jim Curley GMC, Buick and Kia.

NBA Shootaround

The show is sponsored by Kia Motors, giving it the official name KIA NBA Shootaround, and aired live from ESPN/ABC's Times Square Studios from 2003 to 2006.

Nipparts

As specialists in Japanese and Korean parts, Nipparts supplies parts for over 35 car manufactures such as Nissan, Toyota and Kia.

The Old Man and the Big 'C'

When he becomes a laughing stock both at the game and due to a Kia Motors-sponsored story with the slogan "Too bad it's a Kia." on Quahog 5, he decides to ditch the wig.

Yuri Matochkin

Matochkin succeeded in restoring Kaliningrad's special economic zone advantages in January 1996, and also secured the region's first major foreign investment, an agreement with the automobile manufacturer Kia.


Arab American Vehicles

The company manufactures various vehicles under license from Daimler AG, Kia, Chrysler LLC, Toyota and Peugeot, having begun as a joint venture between the Arab Organization for Industrialization (51%) and 49% of the Chrysler Group LLC.

Donghee

Ltd. was established in 2002 as a joint venture with Kia Motors to manufacture the Kia Picanto in Seosan.

Driving in Singapore

Non-Japanese Asian car brands sold in Singapore include Perodua, Proton, Ssangyong, Hafei Motor, Chery, Geely, Kia, Hyundai, Chana and Holden Special Vehicles.

Economy of Slovakia

The automotive sector is among the fastest growing sectors in Slovakia due to the recent large investments of Volkswagen (Bratislava), Peugeot (Trnava), and Kia Motors (Žilina Plant, Žilina).

Helen Svedin

Svedin has been in advertisements of Ana Sousa, Arena, Don Algodón, Friday's Project, Giorgio Armani, Guess?, Isdin, Kia Motors, Land Rover, L'Oréal, Luciano Padovan, Nike, Vista Alegre, and Schwarzkopf.

Holden Torana

A smaller 1,492 cc engine was fitted to deliver better fuel economy than its Hyundai and Kia competitors, however, sales did not recover with only 992 cars sold in two years.

Lada Riva

The Riva was still selling well in the United Kingdom and many other western markets in the early 1990s, but the next few years saw a raft of new models come from budget competitors such as Daewoo, Hyundai, Kia and Proton, pushing Lada sales into terminal decline.

Pop's Ultimate Star

The show was produced by Eyeworks Touchdown, with first prize $50,000 and a Kia 'Rio' car.

Santiago, Philippines

, Pepsi Cola, Purefoods, Digitel and PLDT also operate in the city while different car companies abound(i.e. Mitsubishi, Nissan, Isuzu, Hyundai, KIA, Ford, other car companies as well as Yamaha and Honda Motors).


see also

Cerato

Kia Cerato, a compact car produced by the South Korean automaker Kia Motors