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Kia Repair and Service at Wayne's Garage
Kia's first adventure into car manufacture was the Brisa in the mid 1970's. More Kia History. |
 2009 Kia Optima |
Wayne's Garage serving Eugene and
Springfield, Oregon has been performing Kia repair and service since
the mid 1990's.
Integrity, Quality and Unmatched Service.
Our technicians are ASE certified
We use original equipment parts whenever possible and offer an 18 month warranty.
We have a courtesy vehicle to get you home or to work.
Your car is hand washed and vacuumed.
Most repairs are completed in one day.
We can perform all maintenance necessary to keep your new car warranty in effect.
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27 East 27th |
333 Q St. Springfield, Oregon 97477 (541) 746-7142 tech@waynesgarage.com |
Kia was started in December 1944 as
Hyungsung Precision Industry, a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts.
In March 1952 the factory built Korea’s first domestic bicycle, the Samcholli-ho,
and changed names to the Kia Industrial Company. The “Kia” name derives
from two Chinese characters “ki” meaning “rising up” and “a” meaning Asia.
Kia can therefore be roughly translated as “Rising out of the East” or “Rising
out of Asia.”
A decade later the Korean motor vehicle industry was born when Kia created the
C-100 motorcycle. Three months later, Kia was building three wheeled
trucks known as the K360. Production of three wheel trucks continued until
1973, by which time the company had sold 25,000 of the vehicles.
Motorcycle production ended in 1981.
In the early 1970s Kia began moving into automobile production and by 1973, Kia
had built a facility designed for that. Its Sohari plant held the distinction of
being Korea's first fully integrated automobile production facility, and went on
to spawn Korea's first internal-combustion gasoline engine. A year later, Kia
unveiled the Brisa, Korea's first passenger car.
By 1979 Kia's technology was being used to manufacture vehicles like the Peugeot
604 and the Fiat 132 sedans. In 1986 under an equity partnership with Ford Motor
Company, Kia began producing the Pride or Festiva small car and later the Ford
Aspire.
In 1992 Kia established its U.S. subsidiary, Kia Motors America. In 1994 Kia
officially entered the U.S. market to sell its Sephia model at a network of
dealerships that were initially only on the West Coast.
Hyundai acquired Kia in a merger in 1998 because of financial difficulties in
the late '90s. Since then, Kia has introduced several new models and has
been on an upswing since its purchase by Hyundai, with improvements in build
quality and overall refinement. Reliability had previously been a weak point,
but improvements in that area and the initiation of a substantial warranty
program in 2001 have bolstered the company's reputation with consumers.
 Kia began automobile production with a 3-wheeled truck in the mid 1960's. |
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