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25 models with a review · 47 generations · 14 in production · South Korea · Founded 1944

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Kia in numbers

Most powerful
430 kW (585 PS)
EV6
Longest-running model
33 years
Sportage · 1993–present
Most generations
5
Sportage
Latest launch
2026
Telluride

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  • Pregio
  • Pride
  • PV5
  • Ray
  • Retona
  • Sephia
  • Shuma
  • Sonet
  • Sorento
  • Spectra
  • Syros
  • Tasman

Timeline

Kia models, 1990 to now

Every row is a model, every block is a generation and a link. Gaps are real breaks in production, dashed coral lines show which model replaced which.

26 catalog models48 generations14 in production3 electric

Sportage1993–now · 5 generations
JAJESLQLNQ5
Carnival1998–now · 4 generations
Carnival IVQYPKA4
Carens1999–now · 4 generations
RSUNRPKY
Cerato2003–2024 · 4 generations
IIIIIIIV
Picanto2004–now · 3 generations
BATAJA
Ceed2006–2025 · 3 generations
IJDIII
Mohave2008–2024 · 1 generation
HM
Soul2008–2025 · 3 generations
IIIIII
Venga2009–2019 · 1 generation
YN
Rio2011–2017 · 1 generation
UB
Quoris2012–2018 · 1 generation
KH
Sorento Prime2014–2020 · 1 generation
Sorento Prime
Soul EV2014 · 1 generation
Soul EV
Optima2015–2020 · 1 generation
Optima
Niro2016–now · 2 generations
ISG2
Rio X-Line2017–2022 · 1 generation
Rio X-Line
Stinger2017–2023 · 1 generation
CK
Stonic2017–now · 1 generation
YB
K52019–now · 1 generation
DL3
Seltos2019–now · 2 generations
SP2SP3
Telluride2019–now · 2 generations
III
EV62021–now · 1 generation
CV
EV92023–now · 1 generation
I
K32023–now · 1 generation
BL7
EV32024–now · 1 generation
SV1
K42024–now · 1 generation
CL4
  • Current generation
  • Earlier generation
  • ⚡Electric
  • Start known, end not in catalog
  • Break in production
  • Replaced by / renamed
  • Model without a page yet
  • Now
  • Second lane = two generations on sale at the same time

All Kia generations by year

Kia Carens 1999–now
  1. RS 1999–2006
  2. UN 2006–2013
  3. RP 2013–2019
  4. KY 2022–now
Kia Carnival 1998–now
  1. Carnival I 1998–2005
  2. VQ 2006–2014
  3. YP 2014–2021
  4. KA4 2020–now
Kia Ceed 2006–2025
  1. I 2006–2012
  2. JD 2012–2018
  3. III 2018–2025
Kia Cerato 2003–2024
  1. I 2003–2008
  2. II 2008–2012
  3. III 2012–2018
  4. IV 2018–2024
Kia EV3 2024–now
  1. SV1 2024–now
Kia EV6 2021–now
  1. CV 2021–now
Kia EV9 2023–now
  1. I 2023–now
Kia K3 2023–now
  1. BL7 2023–now
Kia K4 2024–now
  1. CL4 2024–now
Kia K5 2019–now
  1. DL3 2019–now
Kia Mohave 2008–2024
  1. HM 2008–2024
Kia Niro 2016–now
  1. I 2016–2022
  2. SG2 2022–now
Kia Optima 2015–2020
Kia Picanto 2004–now
  1. BA 2004–2011
  2. TA 2011–2017
  3. JA 2017–now
Kia Quoris 2012–2018
  1. KH 2012–2018
Kia Rio 2011–2017
  1. UB 2011–2017
Kia Rio X-Line 2017–2022
Kia Seltos 2019–now
  1. SP2 2019–2025
  2. SP3 2025–now
Kia Sorento Prime 2014–2020
Kia Soul 2008–2025
  1. I 2008–2013
  2. II 2013–2019
  3. III 2019–2025
Kia Soul EV 2014
Kia Sportage 1993–now
  1. JA 1993–2002
  2. JE 2004–2010
  3. SL 2010–2015
  4. QL 2015–2021
  5. NQ5 2021–now
Kia Stinger 2017–2023
  1. CK 2017–2023
Kia Stonic 2017–now
  1. YB 2017–now
Kia Telluride 2019–now
  1. I 2019–2025
  2. II 2026–now
Kia Venga 2009–2019
  1. YN 2009–2019

About Kia

Kia was founded in 1944 as Kyungsung Precision Industry, a maker of bicycle parts and bicycles, and later added motorcycles, trucks and, from 1974, cars. After a financial crisis, Hyundai took control of Kia in 1998; the two companies share platforms and engines but design their cars separately.

Kia's best-known models include the Picanto, Rio, Ceed – developed for Europe and built in Žilina, Slovakia – Sportage, Sorento, Stinger and Niro, and the electric EV6 and EV9.

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This page lists the Kia models in our catalog with production years; from each one you can go to its generations and individual versions with specifications – engine, power in kW and PS, size, weight and performance. For the full story, read Kia's history. See also Hyundai.

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