There’s no doubt Kia is on a roll lately, and now that term can be applied literally, as the first U.S.-built 2012 Kia Optima rolled off the line today at Kia’s Motor Manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia.
More than 3,000 jobs were created when a third shift was added at the plant for Optima production, with an expected 7,500 supplier jobs added within the area.
Kia’s only North American plant is a powerhouse that recently built its 300,000th vehicle (a silver Sorento SX) less than two years after it opened. KMMG also currently builds the platform-mate Hyundai Santa Fe, and the division’s best-selling Sorento SUV, which was recently reported to have sold a cool 13, 573 units in August. The Optima sedan sold 6,157 units, but with more being produced at the Georgia facility, it could mean potentially higher sales for the sedan, as well.
[Source: Kia]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Kia Begins U.S. Production of Optima
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