da Motor Sales Co., Ltd., a joint venture among FAW Group, FAW Car and Mazda, saw a 13 percent rise in its sales to 15,057 units. On June 21 Mazda's distribution joint venture FAW Mazda launched the all-new CX-4 crossover SUV. This is the newest model to adopt SKYACTIV technology and Mazda's "Kodo- Soul of Motion" design language. It is produced at FAW Car's first plant. The CX-4 realizes SUV-like ground clearance, and equipping the i-ACTIV AWD 4...

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te in the Auto Guangzhou 2022 motor show with its GAC Trumpchi, GAC Aion, GAC Honda, GAC Toyota and GAC Mitsubishi sub-brands. The group will release the “1578” outline for the blueprint of building a “Trillion GAC” by 2030. GAC Aion’s new Hyper GT, which features the AEP3.0 and the X-Soul, the company’s next-generation platform and architecture, will make its debut at the exhibition. GAC Trumpchi will exhibit the fruits of its tr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

or themselves, actively exchanges opinions, and takes on new challenges. Mazda will display a face-lifted crossover "CX-9" at the 2012 Australian International Motor Show for the first time in the world. The vehicle is slated to be launched in the second half of 2012. Mazda's new design concept of "Soul of Motion" is integrated in the front and rear design of the new "CX-9." The most-updated infotainment and safety systems are also embedded. The ...

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n sale in December. Its prices for the manual transmission model range from 8.69 million to 11.43 million won. On April 16 GM announced that it started the production of electric motor and drive units for the new Chevrolet Spark EV at its Baltimore Operations plant in White Marsh, Md. The heart and soul of electric vehicles have been mostly imports. GM became the first U.S.-based automaker to manufacture these key parts in America. The Spark EV w...

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te in the Auto Guangzhou 2022 motor show with its GAC Trumpchi, GAC Aion, GAC Honda, GAC Toyota and GAC Mitsubishi sub-brands. The group will release the “1578” outline for the blueprint of building a “Trillion GAC” by 2030. GAC Aion’s new Hyper GT, which features the AEP3.0 and the X-Soul, the company’s next-generation platform and architecture, will make its debut at the exhibition. GAC Trumpchi will exhibit the fruits of its tr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/11

signed for the first time in 9 years, the all-new BT-50 is supplied by Isuzu Motor Limited on an OEM basis, and the vehicle will go on sale under the Mazda brand name starting in the Australian market in the latter half of 2020. The all-new BT-50 design expresses the unique beauty of Mazda's Kodo - Soul of Motion design theme with power, toughness and utilitarian functionality suited to a pickup truck.  Reported on April 1, 2020, Isuzu Motor Tha...

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the Mondeo was discontinued in August 2014. On December 26, 2014, MAZDA Motor Taiwan Co., Ltd., a sales subsidiary set up by Mazda Motor Corporation in Taiwan in July 2014, has started the import and sales of the new third-generation Mazda3. The new Mazda3 adopts Mazda's new design language "KODO: Soul of Motion". It is powered by the SkyActive 2.0-liter engine, which generates a maximum power of 165 ps/6000 rpm and a peak torque of 21.4 kgm/400...

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lantra EX, which will be officially released on October 10 for TWD 669,000 to TWD 749,000. Kia Motors Corporation’s exclusive distributor in Taiwan, Sime Darby Kia Taiwan Co., Ltd., announced on November 13, 2014 that it will introduce three new models, namely the Kia Morning compact car, the Kia Soul sub-compact car and the Kia Optima mid-sized sedan. Sime Darby Kia Taiwan is a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Sime Darby Motors Sdn Bhd, and establ...

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e than three sets of golf bags. The SM3 Neo is powered by Nissan’s 1.6-liter dual CVTC engine, H4Mk (117 ps) mated to a X-CVT continuously variable transmission. The powertrain generates best-in-class combined fuel economy of 15.0 kilometers per liter. Renault Samsung Motors Co., Ltd. said that a Soul-based car-sharing operator, citycar, will start using 78 units of the SM3 Z.E. starting from May 1, 2014. The car-sharing program using the SM3 Z...

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of Sime Darby Motors, a Malaysian company, established in Taiwan in 2013 as a sole distributor and assembler of complete knock-down (CKD) Kia vehicles in Taiwan. The subsidiary will start selling local production models, the Carens and the Picant, and import models, the Optima, the Quoris, and the Soul. The company contracts out the local assembly operation to San Yang Industry. Kia has been absent from the Taiwanese market since 2008. Sime Darb...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/02

reement to U.S.-made Kia EV6 Kia reveals next-gen 2027 Telluride SUV ahead of LA Auto Show Kia indefinitely delays EV9 GT for U.S. market Kia debuts all-new 2027 Telluride with first-ever hybrid model at LA Auto Show At the Chicago Auto Show that started on February 6, 2014, Kia Motors unveiled the Soul EV, an electric version of the Soul subcompact car. It is scheduled to go on sale in the first half of 2014 in the domestic market and in the thi...

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s where it will be built. Currently the new production line and new paint shop are being modified to host the much-anticipated MC20. The operation is a strategic one for Maserati, it is preparing to launch the new MC20, a project that is ‘100% Made in Modena’ starting right from its engine. The soul of the engine is the innovative pre-chamber combustion system featuring twin-spark plugs. This technology is derived from Formula 1 and is now av...

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s where it will be built. Currently the new production line and new paint shop are being modified to host the much-anticipated MC20. The operation is a strategic one for Maserati, it is preparing to launch the new MC20, a project that is ‘100% Made in Modena’ starting right from its engine. The soul of the engine is the innovative pre-chamber combustion system featuring twin-spark plugs. This technology is derived from Formula 1 and is now av...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/27

cess with the pre-booking dedicated to the new 500 "la Prima" cabrio - numbered edition - presented last March in Milan, now sold out, the range of the Nuova 500 expands with the second "Launch Edition" - the new 500 "The First" hatchback - which cleverly combines the new "electric and sustainable" soul of the third generation of 500 with the unmistakable design and attention to detail of the Fiat icon, typical of the best "Made in Italy" product...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/27

Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. (First Plant) (formerly Kia Motors Co., Ltd. (First Plant)) HiPhi: EV SUV HiPhi X (2020-2024), EV HiPhi Z (2022-2024), EV SUV HiPhi Y (2023-2024), EV HiPhi A (2025-planning); Kia: Sportage (-2016), Soul (-2017), Cerato (-2018), Sportage R (-2019) (*transfer Production to other plants); Human Horizons's Yancheng plant to manufacture the models of HiPhi brand (formerly Dongfeng Yueda Kia's First Plant, suspends ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/26

bit the new Mazda3 (sample car) and the new Atenza at the Guangzhou Auto Show, which will start on November 21. The third-generation Mazda3 will make its debut in China. It features Mazda's next-generation Skyactive Technology and was designed based on the automaker's new design concept named KODO- Soul of Motion. It is also equipped with the Mazda's proprietary Mazda Connect next-generation car connectively system. The Mazda3 will be produced an...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/18

te in the Auto Guangzhou 2022 motor show with its GAC Trumpchi, GAC Aion, GAC Honda, GAC Toyota and GAC Mitsubishi sub-brands. The group will release the “1578” outline for the blueprint of building a “Trillion GAC” by 2030. GAC Aion’s new Hyper GT, which features the AEP3.0 and the X-Soul, the company’s next-generation platform and architecture, will make its debut at the exhibition. GAC Trumpchi will exhibit the fruits of its tr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/12

ve all-new models with SKYACTIV technology by fiscal year ending March 2016. On July 11, Mazda Motor Corporation started producing the all-new Demio small car (known as the Mazda2 outside Japan) at its plant in Hofu. The new Demio features the Skyactive technologies and the new design theme of Kodo-Soul of Motion. The fully-redesigned Demio is scheduled to be launched in Japan this fall and then to other markets outside Japan in phases. Its engin...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/07

bined 73,592 eco-friendly cars, up 4.9% over the previous year. Their raking in the market also rose from fifth to fourth, surpassing Ford. No other automakers among the five leading automakers increased the sales of the eco-friendly vehicles. More-than-fivefold increase of the sales of Kia Motor's Soul EV, which was launched in May 2014 in Europe and the U.S., highly contributed to the sales growth. By vehicle types, the two Korean automakers so...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/07

Kia, Gwangju Plant (AutoLand Gwangju) Plant 1: Seltos (2019-), Soul, EV E-Soul (2019-2025 planning), EV5 (2025-,for export), Seltos HV (2026-planning); Plant 2: [RV] Sportage, Sportage HV (2021-), Sportage PHV (2022-), Soul (2019-); Plant 3: [Truck] BongoⅢ (K Series ), BongoⅢ EV (2020-); Gwangju Hanam Plant: [Bus] Granbird, [Military Vehicles] Plant of Kia, Hyundai Group -Number of Employees: 6,962 (as of Dec. 2023) -Company name changed fro...

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