Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motor Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in

Yancheng Yancheng () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. As the city with the largest jurisdictional area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and T ...

, China and a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

between

Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Corporation Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei. Founded in 1969, it is currently the third largest of the "Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China, namely: SAIC Motor, F ...

, Jiangsu Yueda Group and Kia.

History

Dongfeng Yueda Kia was founded in 2002. 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. In November 2011 Dongfeng Yueda Kia announced that it would construct its third automobile manufacturing plant in Yancheng. Construction of the plant took place between 2012 and 2014. The plant has an annual production capacity of 300,000 cars. In December 2021, Dongfeng sold its 25% stake in the joint venture to Jiangsu Yueda for 297 million.

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 The HiPhi X is a 6-seater all-electric battery-powered full-size luxury CUV from the Chinese new energy vehicle brand HiPhi. Overview HiPhi 1 Concept The HiPhi 1 pre-production Concept was publicly unveiled on 31 July 2019 as the production ...

electric crossover starting from 2021.

Sales

Vehicles

Kia Carnival The Kia Carnival ( ko, 기아 카니발) is a minivan manufactured by Kia since 1998. It is marketed globally under various nameplates — prominently as the Kia Sedona — which is now unused in favor of the Carnival. The first generat ...

Kia Furuidi The Kia Forte, known as the K3 in South Korea, the Forte K3 or Shuma in China and Cerato in South America, Australia, New Zealand and Russia, is a compact car manufactured by South Korean automaker Kia since mid-2008, replacing the Kia Spectra. I ...

* Kia K2 * Kia K3/K3 Plug-in Hybrid * Kia K4 * Kia K5/K5 Hybrid * Kia KX Cross * Kia KX1 *

Kia KX3 The Kia KX3 is a subcompact crossover SUV manufactured exclusively for the Chinese market by Dongfeng Yueda Kia. Since 2019, it is known as the KX3 Aopao (). __TOC__ First generation (KC; 2015) The KX3 debuted as a concept on the 2014 Gua ...

* Kia KX3 Aopao *

Kia KX5 The Kia Sportage is a lineup of sport utility vehicles manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Kia since 1993. Since 2004, the Sportage has been categorized as a compact crossover SUV, while previously it occupied the compact SUV class. It ...

* Kia KX7 * Kia Pegas *

Kia Sportage The Kia Sportage is a lineup of sport utility vehicles manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Kia since 1993. Since 2004, the Sportage has been categorized as a compact crossover SUV, while previously it occupied the compact SUV class. It ...

Kia Sportage R The Kia Sportage is a lineup of sport utility vehicles manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Kia since 1993. Since 2004, the Sportage has been categorized as a compact crossover SUV, while previously it occupied the compact SUV class. It ...

Gallery

File:Kia Pegas 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg, Kia Pegas File:Kia Furuidi 001.jpg, Kia Forte Furuidi File:Kia K2 UC 01 China 2017-03-30.jpg, Kia K2 File:Kia K3 006.jpg, Kia K3 File:Kia K4 China 2016-04-04.jpg, Kia K4 File:Kia K5 JF China 2016-04-04.jpg, Kia K5 File:2018 Dongfeng-Yueda-Kia KX Cross, front 8.7.18.jpg, Kia KX Cross File:Kia KX1 001 China 2019-03-20.jpg, Kia KX1 File:Kia KX3 KC facelift China 2017-03-31.jpg, Kia KX3 File:Kia KX3 II 004.jpg, Kia KX3 Aopao File:Kia KX5 facelift 01 China 2019-04-02.jpg, Kia KX5 File:Kia KX7 01 China 2017-03-19.jpg, Kia KX7 File:Kia Sportage NP 0001 China 2019-03-20.jpg, Kia Sportage File:Kia Sportage R facelift China 2015-04-13.jpg, Kia Sportage R

References

External links

* Car manufacturers of China Chinese-foreign joint-venture companies Kia Motors Dongfeng Motor joint ventures {{China-company-stub