{"id":3419,"date":"2018-07-25T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travall.com\/en-gb\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2020-03-04T13:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T13:34:52","slug":"fun-facts-kia-part-6-dog-guard-kia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.travall.com\/en-gb\/fun-facts-kia-part-6-dog-guard-kia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun facts about Kia: part 6, dog guard for Kia and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">With recent events at the Winter Olympics and President Trump\u2019s exchanges with the leaders of North and South Korea, there has been a lot of coverage in the news recently of the thaw in relations between these two countries. \u00a0Although far more accessible than North Korea, many of us know very little about South Korea yet more and more of us are driving cars that were manufactured there. We decided to feature a South Korean car brand in this blog post and glean more information about the brand and why it is gaining increasing traction on the roads of the UK. What do you know about Kia?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Fun facts about Kia<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">In 1991, Kia started selling cars in the UK, with a little under 1,800 cars sold in its first year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The name Kia means \u201crising out of Asia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">It is the oldest car manufacturer in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Peter Schreyer, known for his design work at Audi and especially for the Audi TT, is the Chief Design Officer for Kia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hwasung manufacturing plant produces 114 cars an hour.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">In March 2017 18,801 Kia\u2019s were sold in the UK that\u2019s a 3.34% share of the car sales market in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There is an impressive 7-year warranty when you purchase a new Kia vehicle that is transferable from owner to owner. Kia\u2019s confidence in the reliability of its cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Travall has vehicle-specific car accessories suitable for many models and years in the Kia range. The product range includes dog guards, boot dividers, boot mats, rubber car mats, bumper protectors and sill guards. \u00a0Travall dog guards and dividers for Kia are all backed by a limited lifetime warranty. That&#8217;s our confidence in the reliability of our products! See what\u2019s available for your car at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travall.co.uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.travall.co.uk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With recent events at the Winter Olympics and President Trump\u2019s exchanges with the leaders of North and South Korea, there has been a lot of coverage in the news recently of the thaw in relations between these two countries. \u00a0Although far more accessible than North Korea, many of us know very little about South Korea &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.travall.com\/en-gb\/fun-facts-kia-part-6-dog-guard-kia\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fun facts about Kia: part 6, dog guard for Kia and more<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[533],"tags":[710,1155,38],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fun facts about Kia: part 6, dog guards for Kia and more<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With the Kia brand gaining increasing traction on UK roads, we wanted to learn more about this South Korean brand. 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