KIA. KIA in RUSSIA
-Avtotor ZAO, 4 Magnitogorskaya Street, 236013 Kaliningrad, Russia
tel. /fax +70112/448969, http://www.avtotor.ru
-OAO
IZh Avto, 5 Avtozavodskaya Street, 443029 Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic,
Russia
tel. +73412/267267,
265852, fax +73412/267800, 264371, http://www.izhauto.ru
KIA SPORTAGE
Models assembled in Russia:
Spectra, Magentis, Carnival, Sportage, Sportage Flame, Sportage Grand.
Assembly volume in 2003 - 6,987 passenger cars.
Established in 1994, the Avtotor company started the
SKD assembly of Kia cars in May 1997. In 1999, assembly of BMW vehicles was also launched. The Kia
Sportage I was assembled since 1997 in the SKD system, and since 2002 in the CKD system, with growing
numbers of Russian parts. The vehicle, with a 2.0-liter 128 hp engine, develops 160 km/h. At the 2002 Moscow Motor Show
the original, modernized Sportage Flame was launched with a 2.0-liter 128 hp plant. In 2000 the Carnival minivan
was added, and in 2001 the Magentis replaced the Clarus II. In the years 2000-2005, the Rio I was
assembled. In March 2004, IZh Avto started the SKD assembly, and in May 2005 - the CKD assembly of the Kia
Spectra sedan with a 1.6-liter
102 hp engine.
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