High-value family hauler: The Rio Cinco is perfect for young buyers on tight budget
Friday, August 12, 2005
The Kia story begins in 1944 with the founding of a factory focused on bicycle wheel manufacturing. Within a year, the Seoul, South Korea, factory was laying the groundwork for what would become a major bicycle manufacturing operation. In the 1960s the company moved into the manufacture of motor scooters, then three-wheeled delivery vehicles. By the early 1970s Kia was building trucks, and as the decade came to a close, Kia was producing the Peugeot 604 and Fiat 132 for the Asian market.
Subscribe below or log in with your password here.
For more than 115 years, the Southeast Missourian has written the first draft of local history. We have aspired to enrich, entertain, educate and inform. Our core values have remained firm: truth, service, quality, integrity and community. Support our mission.
Join today
Note: Special discounts available to new subscribers only. Print subscriptions may include up to 13 Premium Issues per year, which include special magazines. For each Premium Issue, your account balance will be charged an additional fee in the billing period when the section publishes. This will result in shortening the length of your billing period.