Kia

Kia Motors is South Korea's 2nd largest automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Its CEO is Chung Eui-sun. The American arm is Kia Motors America. On October 20, 2006, Kia Motors America formally hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its first US assembly plant in West Point, Georgia, at an initial cost of over $1 billion. Since 2005, Kia has started to focus on the European market and is currently the UK''s fastest growing car company and had various other successes in the European market.

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Kia Motors, a division of Hyundai Motor Company, road car timeline, 1990s-present
Type	1990s										2000s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
City																Morning/Picanto
Subcompact	Pride											Rio					Rio
Compact																		cee'd
					Avella						Spectra/Shuma					Spectra5/Cerato
					Sephia/Mentor					Sephia/Mentor			Spectra/Shuma			Spectra/Cerato
Mid-size										Clarus/Credos		Optima/Magentis					Optima/Magentis/Lotze
Full-size															Opirus/Amanti
Sports car							Elan
Mini MPV																				Soul
Compact SUV					Sportage											Sportage
SUV														Sorento						Sorento
																				Mesa
Compact MPV										Carens			Carens					Carens/Rondo
Minivan										Carnival/Sedona							Carnival/Sedona
Pickup truck								Bongo Frontier				Bongo Frontier				Bongo III

According to Kia Motors, the name 'Kia' derives from the Hanja ki (èµ·) meaning arise or come up out of or rising up and the a stands for Asia. So Kia is roughly translated as arise or come up out of Asia or Rising out of Asia.