<Li> 49 ° 12 ′ 51.16" N 18 ° 49 ′ 24.31" E ﻿ / ﻿ 49.2142111 ° N 18.8234194 ° E ﻿ / 49.2142111; 18.8234194 </Li> <P> China: In December 2007, Kia Motors Corporation opened its manufacturing facility in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, its second plant in China and its second plant in conjunction as a joint venture . Dongfeng Yueda Kia (DYK) Motors is a joint venture of Kia and China's Dongfeng Automotive Group first established in 2002 . The new facility is 3.9 million sq. - ft. (367,794 sq. - m) and is located just 2.2 miles (3.5 km) from the joint venture's existing facility . At an initial cost of US $800 million, the fully integrated passenger car production facility will have an annual capacity of 300,000 units, boosting DYK's total annual capacity to 430,000 vehicles . </P> <P> United States: Officially Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG), Kia's plant in West Point, Georgia, is capable of producing 300,000 cars annually for the North American and global markets . At an initial cost of $1 billion (US) the facility comprises 2.2 million - square - feet on more than 2,200 acres (8.9 km) of land near Interstate 85 . </P> <P> Production began with the second generation Kia Sorento on November 16, 2009 . The facility currently manufactures the third (2015) generation Sorento and the fourth (2016) generation Optima . </P>

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