| Kia India Pvt Ltd | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Industry: | Automotive |
| Location: | Anantapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Key People: | Gwanggu lee (CEO) |
| Products: | Automobiles |
| Production: | 336,619 (2022)[1] |
| Parent: | Kia |
| Homepage: | www.kia.com/in/ |
Kia India Private Limited is a subsidiary of Kia for its operations in India. The company was founded on 19 May 2017[2] following an announcement of the construction of a new 536-acre manufacturing facility in Anantapuram District, Andhra Pradesh. The plant started its trial production in January 2019[3] and the mass production of its first product, the Kia Seltos started on 31 July 2019.[4] The billion manufacturing plant is capable of producing 300,000 vehicles annually.[5]
Kia India produces several models that were developed specifically for the Indian market, namely the SP2i version of the Seltos and the sub-4 metre SUV Sonet.[6] Within less than four years of operations, in May 2023 the company announced that it has achieved a milestone of 700,000 vehicle sales.[7]
| Model | Indian introduction | Current model | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction (model code) | Update (facelift) | |||||
| SUV/crossover | ||||||
| Sonet | 2020 | 2020 (QY) | 2024 | |||
| Seltos | 2019 | 2019 (SP2i) | 2023 | |||
| MPV | ||||||
| Carens | 2022 | 2022 (KY) | — | |||
| Electric | ||||||
| EV6 | 2022 | 2022 (CV) | — | Imported from South Korea | ||
| 2019 | 57,719 | 44,918 | 755 | |
| 2020 | 177,982 | 139,714 | 29,358 | |
| 2021 | 227,844 | 182,655 | 53,247 | |
| 2022 | 336,619 | 254,556 | 82,063 | |
| 2023 |