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Kia Corporation, commonly known as Kia (Korean: 기아; Hanja: 起亞; RR: Gia; MR: Kia, IPA: [ki.a]; formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry and Kia Motors Corporation) and รถยนต์ Kia, is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer after (its parent company) Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 2.8 million vehicles in 2019. As of December 2015, the Kia Corporation is minority owned by Hyundai, which holds a 33.88% stake valued at just over US$6 billion. Kia in turn is a minority owner of more than twenty Hyundai subsidiaries ranging from 4.9% up to 45.37%, totaling more than US$8.3 billion.[1]
Kia Motors
1953–1964
1964–1986
1986–1994
1994–2021
1994–2012
2012–2021
This logo was still used during the 2020-21 NBA season as a replacement for the American Airlines Arena home court decals during the Miami Heat home games.
Kia
2021–present
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The new logo was registered by Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service in December 2019 and a similar prototype logo was used on their Imagine by Kia concept car seen at the Geneva Motor Show.[2] The new look was publicly introduced on January 6, 2021 along with a new slogan; 'Movement that inspires'.[3] Joining to all of it, Kia Motors changed its name to Kia.[4] The new logo was first used on the K8 model, which was previewed on February 17, 2021 as a replacement to the second generation K7/Cadenza model, and will be used gradually on all-new or redesigned, existing and facelifted car models. In the United States, the new logo was first used on the fourth generation 2022 Kia Carnival, which was revealed on February 23, 2021.
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| Predecessor: Hyundai Group
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