By Barbara & Bill Schaffer We?ve driven each new Kia model since the South Korean company opened their first four U.S. dealerships in Portland, Oregon in 1994. Initially the only car they offered was the compact Sepia sedan followed a couple years later by the Sportage compact SUV. While the major appeal of those early…
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Kia Already Expanding Georgia Plant
With U.S. Kia sales up by 45 percent through May 2011, the company is running out of production capacity.? The West Point Georgia plant is currently building 300,000 vehicles a year using two shifts and working every other Saturday.? To meet customer demand, Kia Motors of America officials announced a $100 million expansion plan to…