Our Azusa neighbors share the good news with other locals about Kia service at Raul’s Auto Repair. You can also share the good news when you come to Raul’s Auto Repair for Kia repair. Many of our Kia customers live in Azusa and request Kia repair for their Kia Sephia, Kia Sportage, Kia Forte, Kia Optima, Kia Sorento, Kia Rio, Kia Sedona, and Kia Soul.
According to Kia Motors, the name "Kia" derives from the Sino-Korean words ki ("to come out") and a (which stands for Asia), it is roughly translated as "arise or come up out of Asia" or "rising out of Asia".
South Korea's oldest car company, Kia was founded on June 9, 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand — and has operated as one of the country's conglomerates since. In 1952, Kia changed its name from Kyungsung Precision Industry, and later built motorcycles (starting in 1957), trucks (1962) and cars (1974). The company opened its first integrated automotive assembly plant in 1973, the Sohari Plant. Starting in 1986, in partnership with Ford, Kia produced several Mazda derived vehicles for both domestic sales in South Korea into other countries. These models include the Pride (based on the Mazda 121) and Avella, which were sold in North America and Australasia as the Ford Festiva and Ford Aspire.
In 1992, Kia Motors America was incorporated in the United States. The first Kia-branded vehicles in the United States were sold from four dealerships in Portland, Oregon in February 1994. Since then, Kia expanded methodically one region at a time. Dealers in 1994 sold the Kia Sephia, and a few years later the United States line expanded with the addition of the Kia Sportage.
Raul’s Auto Repair takes pride in building “Customers for Life” and we look forward to helping you with your Kia repair. If you have questions while you are considering us for Kia repair, please contact us. Our phone number is 626-339-7566 and you can email us with your Kia service inquiries. Raul's Auto Repair is located at 767 East Arrow Hwy., Azusa, CA 91702 and here is a map with directions.