Talk:Kia Motors

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[edit] mistake in into.

There is a mistake in the intro, it states kia as the fastest growing industry in UK. That is false, and is not verified. By personal opinion and those around me, kia is a crappy car which breaks much too often. and the fastest growing industry is TOYOTA definetly not kia. (THAT IS VERFIIED). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.186.67.202 (talk) 06:31, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] The Logo

The logo appears clearly as ΚΙΛ... That would be pronounced as KILL... Should the page be moved to "Kill Motors", since Unicode article titles don't work on the English Wikipædia?

I wonder if any of their customers know both the Greek alphabet and English..? Κσυπ Cyp   06:03, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

While appearing as such, the Logo's really just a stylied 'KIA'. MardukZero 18:20, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

KIA means 'rising asia'

[edit] content from KIA

This was in the article KIA. Maybe some of this can be incorporated here? Rvollmert 12:34, 2004 Aug 28 (UTC)

KIA motors was found in 1944 as an industry of bicycle parts manufactures in Seoul, south Korea. KIA took its current name 1951 (from earlier name Kyungsung Precision Industry).
KIA produced Korea's first bicycle 1951, first motor cycle 1961, first truck 1962, first gasoline engine in 1973, and October 1974 country's first motor car, Brisa. KIA was taken over by Hyundai Business Group in 1998.

[edit] Stub?

Is this article still short enough to be considered a stub? Most stubs are far shorter than this. Alex July 9, 2005 06:04 (UTC)

Does Kia Motors Europe really have a website?? I think someone just assumed that address is legit.

Hyundai Automotive Group is not a parent company of Kia Motors Corporation(KMC). In fact, no such company exists. Hyundai Motor Company(HMC) and its affiliates including KMC are collectively called Hyundai Automotive Group. Detailed information on the relationships of the Group companies are available on the Hyundai Motor investor relations website.

http://ir.hyundai-motor.com/eng/index.html

[edit] Acronym

I always thought KIA was an acronym. Korean International Automobiles. 67.188.172.165 18:32, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

That is incorrect.
The word Kia has origins in the Chinese language.
ki is Chinese for "arise or come up out of" and the a stands for Asia. So Kia means to "arise or come up out of Asia".
http://www.kia.com/faq.php
It would be more correct to say that the name comes from Chinese characters, namely hanja, not from the Chinese language as that term is normally understood. The pronunciations gi/ki and a are specific to the Korean language. See wikt:起, wikt:亞 -- Visviva 11:44, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
That may be. But Chinese characters can be called the Chinese language. It's the written language.
In any case, that is Kia's own definition of their own name so it must be the correct one when referring to Kia Motors.
Furthermore, "rising up" could just as easily be translated to mean "rebirth". It is derived so it does not have to be a literal translation!

[edit] "martial arts term"

the statement about "ki" also having a different meaning as a "martial arts term" is irrelevant here. "ki" is simply a latinization/transliteration. just because it happens to share a tranliteration with a totally different word, should not merit any significance here.

[edit] Peugeot 604 and Fiat 132

What about the licensed manufacture of Peugeot 604 and Fiat 132? Did that really happen? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dieselnutjob (talk • contribs) 18:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Made in North Korea?!

According to Carfax, my Kia Rio was manufactured in "KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PE". Is this a mistake, or do they really have plants north of the border? Mtford 01:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Almost certainly a data-entry error. Not everybody knows which one is the "Republic" and which one is the "Democratic People's Republic." -- Visviva 04:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hyundai/Kia do not have plant in north korea. hyundai/kia totally irrelevant to north korea. Also, Hyundai Group and Hyundai motor company are NOT same company. Kia is a part of Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. Hyundaiboy 09:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No Kia is made in North Korea

Kia made in North Korea is DEFINITELY a mistake. There is ABSOLUTELY no Kia made in North Korean until now (2007). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Buhin (talk • contribs) 18:35, August 25, 2007 (UTC)