KIA it's a kia

Kia may be best known in Australia for the Kia Carnival people mover, Pregio van and the value for money Rio small car, but not many people realise that it's possible to buy a Kia bus, truck, snow mobile or even a massive tank carrier!

Founded in 1944 as Kyungsung Precision Industry, Kia is currently Korea's second largest car manufacturer and it's oldest. From the company's production of Korea's first domestic bicycle, Kia moved on to producing Korea's first motorcycle and the country's first truck. Kia then became the first company in Korea to locally produce petrol car engines and the first domestic diesel engine.

In 1979, Kia's quality car production was recognised by the fact that two of the world's leading European car makers chose the Korean car maker to build their 'range topper' models on their behalf - the Peugeot 604 and Fiat 132.