Kia Cars in India

A country rising from ashes. A bicycle maker that became a global car company. That is where Kia begins. In 1944, Korea was not the economic powerhouse it is today. It was a occupied country, struggling under Japanese rule, with nothing that looked like a car industry. A company called Kyungsung Precision Industry opened in Seoul. They made steel tubing and bicycle parts. Nothing glamorous. Just metal. In 1945, Korea was liberated. In 1948, it became a country divided. Through all that chaos, the little company kept making parts. In 1951, they built something new. Korea's first domestic bicycle. They called it Samchuly, which means "three friends" or "three wheels," depending on who you ask . It was the first time Koreans could ride something built in their own country. In 1952, the company chang... More