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1944
_Founded as ‘Kyungsung Precision
Industry’
1973
_Began production of 1st Korean-
made passenger car, ‘Brisa’
1975
_First export of built-up car, ‘Brisa
pickup’
1988
_ Cumulative production reached
1 million units
1999
_Merged by Hyundai Motor Co.
2002
_Cumulative production reached
10 million units
_China plant(Dongfeng Yueda Kia)
started mass production
2005
_Cumulative export reached 5 M units
_Groundbreaking of China 2nd plant
2006
_Europe plant(Kia Motors Slovakia)
started mass production
_Groundbreaking of US plant (Kia
Motors Manufacturing Georgia)
* This annual report contains performance results, financial data as well as the business outlook and strategies of Kia Motors Corp.
The statements herein represent Management’s objective judgment, but Kia Motors’ actual results in the future could differ
materially from those presented here. Please understand, therefore, the accuracy and completeness of forward-looking statements
cannot be guaranteed.