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Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motor Co., Ltd.
悦达起亚
FormerlyDongfeng Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. (until 2022) [1]
Company type Joint venture
Industry Automotive
Founded28 August 2002;21 years ago (28 August 2002)
Headquarters,
Products Automobiles
Parent Kia (50%)
Jiangsu Yueda Group (25%)
Jiangsu Yueda Investment (25%) [2]
Website www.kia.cn

Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motor Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Yancheng, China and a joint venture between Jiangsu Yueda Group and Kia. The company was formerly known as Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. until Dongfeng withdrew from the joint venture in late 2021.

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History

Dongfeng Yueda Kia was founded in 2002. [3] In August 2003, it was announced that Dongfeng Yueda Kia would invest around US$600 million in the construction of a new assembly plant in Jiangsu Province with a capacity to produce 400,000 vehicles per year. [2]

In November 2011, Dongfeng Yueda Kia announced that it would construct its third automobile manufacturing plant in Yancheng. [4] Construction of the plant took place between 2012 and 2014. [4] The plant has an annual production capacity of 300,000 cars. [4]

In December 2021, Dongfeng sold its 25% stake in the joint venture to Jiangsu Yueda for CN¥297 million. [5] [6]

Plants

The Dongfeng-Yueda-Kia's plant in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province manufactures Kia vehicles for the Chinese market. The plant will also accommodate the initial mass production of the HiPhi 1 electric crossover starting from 2021. [7]

Plant TypeLocationYear openedYear closedNotes
Yancheng car plantYancheng, Jiangsu Province (江苏), Chinaactive

Sales

Calendar yearTotal sales
2007101,000 [3]
2008142,000 [3]
2009241,000 [3]
2010333,000 [3]
2011433,000 [3]

Model lineup

Present vehicles

Former vehicles

HiPhi vehicles

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