Kia India

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Kia India Pvt Ltd
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Automotive
Founded19 May 2017;8 years ago (2017-05-19)
Headquarters Anantapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Key people
Gwanggu lee (CEO)
Products Automobiles
Production output
336,619 (2022) [1]
Parent Kia
Website www.kia.com/in/

Kia India Private Limited is a subsidiary of Kia for its operations in India. The company was founded on 19 May 2017 [2] following an announcement of the construction of a new 536-acre manufacturing facility in Anantapuram District, Andhra Pradesh. The plant started its trial production in January 2019 [3] and the mass production of its first product, the Kia Seltos started on 31 July 2019. [4] The US$ 2 billion manufacturing plant is capable of producing 300,000 vehicles annually. [5]

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Products

Kia India produces several models that were developed specifically for the Indian market, namely the SP2i version of the Seltos and the sub-4 metre SUV Sonet. [6] Within less than four years of operations, in May 2023 the company announced that it has achieved a milestone of 700,000 vehicle sales. [7]

By November 2024, the firm had exported over 100,000 CKD kits from the Anantapur plant. [8]

Current models

ICE vehicles

ModelIndian introductionCurrent modelNotes
Introduction (model code)Update (facelift)
SUV/crossover
2024 Kia Sonet Zenith (Colombia) front view.png Sonet 20202020 (QY)2024
2025 Kia Syros AY.jpg Syros 20252025 (AY)—
Kia Seltos 2024 2.jpg
Seltos 20192019 (SP2i)2023
MPV
2025 kia Carens Clavis Facelift 1.5 T-GDi 7DCT (1).jpg Carens 20222022 (KY)2025Facelift and More feature will sell as Carens Clavis
2024 Kia Carnival (KA4) 1.jpg Carnival 20202024 (KA4)—Locally produced (2020~2023)
Imported from South Korea

Electric vehicles

ModelIndian introductionCurrent modelNotes
Introduction (model code)Update (facelift)
SUV/crossover
Kia EV6 GT-Line 1X7A0317.jpg EV6 20222022 (CV)2025Imported from South Korea
Kia EV9 GT-Line 1X7A2506.jpg EV9 20242024 (MV)—Imported from South Korea
MPV
Carens Clavis EV 20252025 (KY)—

Statistics

YearProductionDomestic salesExports
201957,71944,918755
2020177,982139,71429,358
2021227,844182,65553,247
2022336,619254,55682,063
2023

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sales Results". pr.kia.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "KIA India PVT Ltd - Company Profile and News". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kia Commences Trial Production at its Anantapur Plant in Andhra Pradesh". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kia Seltos' mass production in India to begin next week". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kia Motors | India Plant". www.kia.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kia Seltos Unveiled in India - Hyundai Motor Group TECH". tech.hyundaimotorgroup.com. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Kia India crosses 500,000 sales mark in less than 3 years of commencing ops". Business Standard India. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  8. ↑ Akbar Merchant (25 November 2024). "Kia India exports one lakh CKD vehicles". Autocar India. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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