Kia India

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Kia India Pvt Ltd
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Automotive
Founded19 May 2017;7 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]

Current models

ModelIndian introductionCurrent modelNotes
Introduction (model code)Update (facelift)
SUV/crossover
2024 Kia Sonet Zenith (Colombia) front view.png Sonet 20202020 (QY)2024
Kia Seltos 2024 2.jpg
Seltos 20192019 (SP2i)2023
MPV
2022 Kia Carens 1.4 Luxury Plus (India) front view 01.jpg Carens 20222022 (KY)
2024 Kia Carnival (KA4) 1.jpg Carnival 20202024 (KA4)Imported from South Korea
Electric
Kia EV6 GT-Line 1X7A0317.jpg EV6 20222022 (CV)Imported from South Korea
Kia EV9 1X7A2472.jpg EV9 20242024 (MV)Imported from South Korea

Statistics

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

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