I was wondering if Kia is now owned by BMW company or BMW having a partnership with KIA??
my friend told me that KIA and now owned by BMW so KIA cars are looks better these days and I was just wondering if it was true.
so what are the relationship between BMW and KIA and if BMW don't own KIA then who does?
seriouse answers please. thank you
cjgt22010-12-17T12:57:18Z
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What your friend may have heard was that Kia's were newly designed by a German designer by the name of Peter Schreyer. He was working for Audi before he was hired by Kia. Kia is owned by Hyundai.
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-GM ownes Saturn, Chevy, GMC, Hummer, Cadillac, Buick, Olsmobile, Pontiac, Saab, Vauxhaul, Holden and Opel. They bought Saab, Opel, Holden, and Vauxhaul in the 90's. -Ford ownes Mercury, Lincoln, Jaguar, Volvo and LandRover. They bought Volvo, Jaguar and Aston Martin in the 90's. They sold Aston Martin this year to a Middle eastern car parts company. -Daimler Chrysler owns Dodge, Mercedes, Chrysler, Jeep, Smart, Plymouth, and Mitsubishi. Chyrlser and Mercedes joined either in the 90's or the early 2000's. -Mazda owns itself, but Ford owns a small percentage of Mazda so they can use some of their parts and designs. -Honda makes Acura -Toyota makes Lexus and Scion. -Volkswagen owns and makes Audi, Bently, Skoda, Seat, Lamborghini, Spyker, Bugatti, and they work with Porsche. -Porsche is their own company working together with VW. Porsche is buying VW and already owns about 45% of VW. VW bought Bently and Lamborghini recently and the Lamborghini Gallardo and Bently Continental Gt was designed after VW bought the two companies. -Nissan makes Infiniti and Renault. nissan owns some of Citroen. -Fiat owns Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Maserati. Maserati was bought around 4 years ago. -BMW bought MINI and RollsRoyce. They bought Mini when they decides they wanted to redesign the car which was about a year before the current Mini Cooper came back. -Subaru owns itself, but Toyota owns a small percentage of Subaru. -Hyundai owns Kia. They recently bought Kia within the last 5 years.
Your friend has absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Hyundai owns Kia. Hyundai earned (literally) like $30 trillion in 2009, BMW earned less than $100 billion.
toyota owns lexus AND SCION nissan owns infinti honda owns acura ford owns volvo,,jaguar,lincoln,mercury, RANGE ROVER, MAZDA hyundai owns PART OF kia vw owns audi and PART OF PORSCHE AND: General Motors owns Chevy, Saturn, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Hummer, Saab, and Cadillac. Chrysler owns Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler. BMW owns MINI!!