About Kia

Kia are Korean Car company operating in Ireland for the past 20 years. With 32 dealerships operating throughout Ireland, Kia currently offer 10 different vehicles in a variety of drivetrains including petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-In hybrid electric and fully electric. Kia are currently the 5th best-selling car brand in Ireland and the Kia Sportage is currently the 2nd best selling car in the country for 2023. Other models in the range include Picanto, Rio, Stonic, Ceed, XCeed, Niro, Sorento, EV6 and the new EV9 which launches in December. Kia was founded in 1944, on the outskirts of Seoul, as a manufacturer of bicycle parts. From its humble beginnings, the company has gone from strength to strength, emerging as the driving force behind the Korean motor industry. Kia can also take credit for the production and export of Korea’s first cars. As a global company, Kia produces more than 2.9 million cars a year and, as such, a wide range of Kia vehicles including passenger cars, commercial vehicles and buses can be seen throughout the world. Kia has always been proud of its heritage – and this is reflected in its name. In fact, the word ‘Kia’​ is derived from the Chinese characters ‘ki’​ meaning to ‘arise or come up out of’​ – and ‘a’​, which refers to Asia. So, the name Kia literally means ‘to come out of Asia’​. Today, Kia has become a household name, with an ever-expanding range of models sold through a network of dealers in 180 countries and over 52,000 employees across the globe.