Earlier this month, a top marketing executive from the U.S. division of Kia Motors Corp.
Once-bankrupt Kia Motors has been riding the coattails of South Korea's economic recovery for months.
Kia Motors is one of the fastest rising automobile brands, with hip cars and engaging branding.
True, Hyundai kept expanding during the crisis, buying Kia Motors and several industrial plants.
Hyundai and Kia Motors said there had not been any crashes or injuries due to the problem.
South Korean exporters didn't fare as well, with Kia Motors down 4.6% and Hyundai Motor off by 3.2%.
And Hyundai has just got even bigger by winning the bidding for bankrupt Kia Motors, ahead of Ford.
Stephen Kitson, corporate communications director at Kia Motors UK, said the implications of the Provo's name were equally unintended.
Supply disruption was also expected to hit its subsidiary car manufacturer Kia Motors.
Kia Motors is considering increasing prices on its cars abroad and taking other measures to offset the rising South Korean currency.
It is in Frankfurt where Korean car maker Kia Motors has established its European design centre to create its first truly European car.
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Hyundai Motor and its Kia Motors affiliate are recalling more than 1.8 million cars and sports utility vehicles in the US to fix faults.
Nor can Hyundai Motor creditors and investors know whether Mong Koo will successfully integrate recently acquired Kia Motors and pay down a big debt.
Kia Motors manages a center for training automotive mechanics, and there is a South Korean-run school for training merchant seamen (even though Yanji is landlocked).
Nadal has lucrative deals with Nike, Bacardi, Babolat and Kia Motors.
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Just recently, Kia Motors announced that it will begin to offer Sirius in certified pre-owned vehicles, an important first step into the used car market.
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In the end, Ford could not avoid repeating the embarrassment it caused in South Korea two years ago when it walked away from rescuing Kia Motors.
Nadal has Nike, Kia Motors and Babolat in his stable.
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Another competitor comes from within the Hyundai family: Kia Motors.
Elsewhere, LG Electronics added 3.9% and Kia Motors advanced 2.1% in Seoul, Foxconn International Holdings jumped 5.2% in Hong Kong, and Hon Hai Precision Industry climbed 2.2% in Taipei.
Bankrupt Kia Motors, bought out by Hyundai, had promised no layoffs beyond the 6, 000 cut in the last two years, but recently got court approval to sack 600 more.
Hyundai Motor slipped 0.2% and its affiliate Kia Motors dropped 0.3% after saying they aim to grow sales by just 6.1% in 2012, compared with a 15% rise in 2011.
And as if that is not enough, he is charged with paying for and integrating two additional bankrupt auto units, Kia Motors and Asia Motors, at a time of industry-wide overcapacity.
Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced it will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker's innovative UVO eServices telematics system.
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Kia Motors America is based in Irvine, Calif.
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Though Hyundai's global vehicle sales rose 11% last year and sister company Kia Motors' sales grew 7% in a market averaging 3.5% growth, the combined companies will need to step up the pace to reach the sales goal of 5 million vehicles by the end of the decade.
Hyundai, Kia and especially General Motors, with its Chevrolet Aveo, are dominating the small-and-cheap segment.
Hyundai, Kia and especially General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ), with its Chevrolet Aveo, are dominating the small-and-cheap segment.
Hyundai has agreed to take over Kia and its subsidiary, Asia Motors.
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