Asia Motors

Asia Motors was established in 1965 by South Korean manufacturer of off-road vehicles, trucks, buses, special military vehicles, engines and other automotive components.

In 1970 was produced as a joint venture with Fiat, the Fiat 124 in Korea at Asia Motors until 1975.

Kia took the manufacturer in 1976. Again, since the Hyundai Kia Motors Group took over in 1998, Asia Motors was completely merged with Kia Motors in 1999 and the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group formed.

The main product of the brand is the Jeep -like Asia Rocsta, which was built from 1990 to 1999. After the Asian crisis in 1997, the acquisition of Kia and setting the mark Asia 's successor Retona was mainly sold as Kia Retona.

In Australia, there is still an independent company Asia Motors Australia, but only uses the name Asia and mainly sells buses.