Originally Posted by
cycleheimer
Kia started with bicycle manufacturing. They introduced cars to the U.S. market in 1994.
This is actually mentioned in an article on Hyundai (Kia is now part of Hyundai) in the current issue of Fortune magazine, which I just happened to thumb through today.
You can get to the article through the following link:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/04/auto...tune/index.htm
Not to get pedantic, but Kia had cars in the US before 1994. Remember the Ford Festiva of the late 80's? Little bottom end econobox two-door hatchback. That was a Kia. Replaced by the Aspire in the early 90's, also Korean although I'm not absolutely certain that was also a Kia.
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