Kia brand may disappear in 2011.

[xander1925]

Plus the fact that they just opened the



Just last year....

[desert fox]

Ako rin nga nagtaka bakit sinama ang KIA MOTORS sa list. Yung sa ibang nakalista dun sa 10 companies, pwede pa pero KIA, I don't think so!

Para mo na rin sinabi na kapag mawala ang KIA sa 2011, mawawala na rin ang Hyundai! Ngek!

Next to impossible ata yun!

Amen....

[eggman]

I doubt na mawawala ang Kia..Ang lakas nga ng Kia rito kahit overpriced sya eh.

Kia needs more newer products at mas okay na marketing strategies these days.

[grail80]

Plus the fact that they just opened the



Just last year....

Plus this one (vehicle testing center in California):

[imperialv]

diba may isang article din na phase out daw ang carnival sa 2011.. hehehehe.. wawa naman kia.. puro phase out sila... false information.

[April Boy]

This was already posted by LadyRider.

I'll repeat what I said in that thread.

Whoever wrote the article knows nothing about the automotive business.

Kia is a profitable concern. Their only R&D expense, really, is design and styling to seperate themselves from Hyundai.

Yet, globally, they outsell both Mitsubishi and Nissan... and sell almost as many cars as BMW.

And Hyundai doesn't have the power to close down Kia. After they rehabilitated it, they dropped their ownership stake to under 40%. They don't have a controlling share in the company, anymore.

I thought hyundai has a controlling interest in Kia Motors.

[grail80]

diba may isang article din na phase out daw ang carnival sa 2011.. hehehehe.. wawa naman kia.. puro phase out sila... false information.

May narinig din ako na ganyan news but sa US lang yata. Best selling model kasi ang Sorento dun. Sa Australia naglabas sila ng Carnival facelift with the Schreyer grill.

[niky]

I thought hyundai has a controlling interest in Kia Motors.

They used to own Kia, but they sold off some shares. Their stake is around 35-37 percent. Not enough for them to force the dissolution of the brand.

And the Korean government is sure to oppose any move to kill Kia. They're the ones who forced Hyundai to buy it out in the first place... to avoid a repeat of the Ssangyong fiasco when Kia was facing financial trouble.

Now Kia is actually healthy... there's even less incentive to kill it off. It may be threatening Hyundai's market share in Korea, but the global market is more than big enough to hold the both of them.

[desert fox]

anak ng teteng, malapit na 2011.....

[desert fox]

and Kia is doing good in other countries.. So malabo yan ma phase out..

yap bro, kaliwat kanan na dito ang Carnival...