Kia Sportage [NB-7]

Kia Sportage [NB-7] in Iraq in Fragments, Documentary, 2006

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dhill_cb7 ◊ 2020-10-19 05:36	Really neat. Built in Pakistan for this market. Quote Dewan Farooque Motor Company Limited (DFML) was incorporated in December 1998. Despite the unpleasant experience of KIA vehicles in Pakistan, DFML made agreements with Hyundai and Kia to assemble and sell their vehicles in Pakistan. The plant built in rural Sindh’s Sujawal area at a cost of Rs 1.8 billion was completed in seven months. It was the first automobile manufacturing plant in the country to have robotic paint machines. With the capacity to make 10,000 vehicles a year, DFML produced 95,429 vehicles between 2000 and 2011 which included Kia Spectra, Sportage and Hyundai’s Santro. It also sold 50,000 Shehzore trucks, which still dominate the one ton-truck category. DFML was also the first to introduce car leasing through Askari Leasing. A year later KIA in Pakistan rose to its peak with the launch of new models including the Kia Spectra, Kia Sportage & Hyundai Shehzore trucks. Kia Spectra in 2001 with a launch price of just under PKR 7.4 lac became an instant hit and was available for the highest amount of OWN money for a newly launched vehicle. A year later Santro Plus was replaced with the better looking Santro Club and instantly became a good seller. . https://www.carspiritpk.com/2016/08/kia-in-pakistan-past-and-the-future/ So earliest this can be is a 2001 in Iraq.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2020-10-19 10:58	Your link says nothing about Iraq. @Mods: "Built in Pakistan" should be deleted. -- Last edit: 2020-10-19 11:02:43
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2020-10-20 20:52	@Mods: P.S. 2001 should be deleted as well.

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dhill_cb7

◊ 2020-10-19 05:36

Really neat. Built in Pakistan for this market.

Quote Dewan Farooque Motor Company Limited (DFML) was incorporated in December 1998. Despite the unpleasant experience of KIA vehicles in Pakistan, DFML made agreements with Hyundai and Kia to assemble and sell their vehicles in Pakistan. The plant built in rural Sindh’s Sujawal area at a cost of Rs 1.8 billion was completed in seven months. It was the first automobile manufacturing plant in the country to have robotic paint machines. With the capacity to make 10,000 vehicles a year, DFML produced 95,429 vehicles between 2000 and 2011 which included Kia Spectra, Sportage and Hyundai’s Santro. It also sold 50,000 Shehzore trucks, which still dominate the one ton-truck category. DFML was also the first to introduce car leasing through Askari Leasing.
A year later KIA in Pakistan rose to its peak with the launch of new models including the Kia Spectra, Kia Sportage & Hyundai Shehzore trucks. Kia Spectra in 2001 with a launch price of just under PKR 7.4 lac became an instant hit and was available for the highest amount of OWN money for a newly launched vehicle. A year later Santro Plus was replaced with the better looking Santro Club and instantly became a good seller.

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https://www.carspiritpk.com/2016/08/kia-in-pakistan-past-and-the-future/

So earliest this can be is a 2001 in Iraq.

Gag Halfrunt

◊ 2020-10-19 10:58

Your link says nothing about Iraq.

@Mods: "Built in Pakistan" should be deleted.

-- Last edit: 2020-10-19 11:02:43

Gag Halfrunt

◊ 2020-10-20 20:52

@Mods: P.S. 2001 should be deleted as well.

Kia Sportage [NB-7]

Kia Sportage [NB-7] in Iraq in Fragments, Documentary, 2006

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