Yueda Kia

Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motor Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Yancheng, China and a joint venture between Jiangsu Yueda Group and Kia. The company was formerly known as Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. until Dongfeng withdrew from the joint venture in late 2021.

History
Dongfeng Yueda Kia was founded in 2002. 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.

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

In December 2021, Dongfeng sold its 25% stake in the joint venture to Jiangsu Yueda for CN¥297 million.

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.

Vehicles

 * Kia Carnival
 * Kia K3
 * Kia K5
 * Kia Stonic
 * Kia Seltos
 * Kia Sonet
 * Kia Pegas/Soluto
 * Kia Sportage Ace
 * Kia Sportage
 * Kia EV6 (imported)
 * Kia EV5

Former vehicles

 * Kia Furuidi
 * Kia K2
 * Kia K4
 * Kia KX Cross
 * Kia KX3
 * Kia KX5
 * Kia KX7
 * Kia Sportage R

HiPhi vehicles

 * HiPhi X
 * HiPhi Y
 * HiPhi Z