Company:Dongfeng Yueda Kia

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Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motor Co., Ltd.
东风悦达起亚汽车
Typejoint venture
IndustryAutomotive industry
Founded28 August 2002; 17 years ago
Headquarters
Yancheng, Jiangsu
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ProductsAutomobiles
ParentDongfeng Motor Corporation (25%)
Kia Motors (50%)
Yueda Group (25%)[1]
Websitewww.dyk.com.cn

Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motor Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Yancheng, China and a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Yueda Group and Kia Motors.

History

Dongfeng Yueda Kia was founded in 2002.[2]

In August 2003, it was announced that Dongfeng Yueda Kia would invest around US$600 million in the construction of a new assembly plant in Jiangsu Province with a capacity to produce 400,000 vehicles per year.[1]

In November 2011 Dongfeng Yueda Kia announced that it would construct its third automobile manufacturing plant in Yancheng.[3] Construction of the plant took place between 2012 and 2014.[3] The plant has an annual production capacity of 300,000 cars.[3]

Plants

The Dongfeng-Yueda-Kia's plant in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province manufactures Kia vehicles for the Chinese market. The plant will also accommodate the initial mass production of the HiPhi 1 electric crossover starting from 2021.[4]

Plant Type Location Year opened Year closed Notes
Yancheng car plant Yancheng, Jiangsu Province (江苏), China active

Sales

Calendar year Total sales
2007 101,000[2]
2008 142,000[2]
2009 241,000[2]
2010 333,000[2]
2011 433,000[2]

Vehicles

Gallery

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