Interesting article for all Kia car owners. Posted on June 15, 2010 on 24/7 Wall St.

Not sure though how credible is 24/7 Wall St.

Kia Motors Corporation is one of the two car brands of Hyundai of South Korea. It has always been a marginal brand. Its stable mate, Hyundai USA, has a reputation for high quality cars like the Sonata and Genesis. Kia sells “low rent” cars and SUV nameplates like the Sorento and Rio. As GM and Ford have already discovered, it is expensive to maintain multiple brands and storied car names, including Pontiac, Saturn, and Mercury, are disappearing. Most Kia cars sell for $14,000 to $25,000. Hyundai has several cars in the same price range (LINK). Hyundai’s Sonata has quickly become one of the best-selling cars in America, and its Genesis flagship model competes with mid-sized BMWs and Mercedes. The parent company will take a page from several other global car companies and dump its weakest brand.
One of ten brands that may disappear in 2011. Kia Motors Corporation was included.

Although the article says it's in the USA, Hyundai/ Kia is a global brand (correct me if I'm wrong) so this may or may not also happen here in the Philippines. We'll just have to wait and see come 2011.

This is the link to the original article.

http://247wallst.com/2010/06/15/247-...ear-in-2011/5/