| 2005 MILESTONES |
- Kia breaks ground on its new U.S. Corporate Campus in Irvine, Calif.
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- Amanti and Sportage are first Kia vehicles to win Automotive Performance, Execution, and Layout (APEAL) award from J.D. Power and Associates. For J.D. Power and Associates award information, visit www.jdpower.com
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- Kia begins testing fuel cell vehicles
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- Kia launches its new global brand strategy “The Power to Surprise,” aimed at embodying “Exciting and Enabling”
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- Second generation Rio makes its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit
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- Second generation Sedona premieres at the Chicago Auto Show
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- Amanti ranked highest in its segment in the Strategic Vision Total Value Index™ (TVI) study
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- Amanti named “Most Delightful Vehicle of 2004” by Strategic Vision
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- Rio receives Autobytel’s Editor’s Choice Award for “Most Improved Car of 2005”
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- Spectra5 is named one of the “Top 10 Coolest Cars Under $18,000” by Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com
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- Sportage is named “Best in Class Compact SUV under $25,000” by the Northwest Automotive Press Association (NWAPA)
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- Spectra and Spectra5 are given the “Best Buy” Award by Consumer’s Digest
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- Sportage is named one of the “Top 10 Cars for Graduates” and one of the “Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Vehicles” by Edmunds.com
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- J.D. Power and Associates consumer survey names Kia.com as the highest-ranking manufacturer Web site in the automotive industry
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- Annual sales: 275,851 vehicles
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