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yup cuz hyundai owns kia

Hyundai bought the bankrupt KIA couple years ago… so I guess the answer is yes. Their cars now share many of the parts and chassis like Ford does with Mercury.

Kia Heavy Industries and Hyundai Machine Tools, manufacturers of metal cutting machines, will join forces under the new name of Hyundai-Kia Machine America Corporation. The new company will be headquartered at the East Rutherford, New Jersey office. They will also be maintaining a technical and sales center in Chicago, Illinois. Kia Heavy Industries was founded in 1976 as a subsidiary of Kia Motors. Kia Heavy Industries USA Corp. was established in 1989 and has been engaged in the sale, import, and export of machining tools, as well as parts and service. In 1999 Hyundai Motors took over Kia Motors maintaining both brands. Kia has a network of dealers and a product line of over 50 machines including CNC turning centers, CNC boring machines as well as horizontal and vertical machining centers, and offers their customers sales, service and parts supplies. Hyundai Machine Tools was founded in 1990 by Hyundai Motors, who then established Hyundai Machine Tools America in 1994. Hyundai Machine Tools has been producing nearly 3600 units per year including various CNC machines – lathes, vertical turning centers, vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, and large vertical lathes. “Hyundai-Kia Machine foresees strong growth in the US market, having combined the strengths of Hyundai Machine Tools and Kia Heavy Industries,” a spokesperson stated. They have a large installed base in a range of industries including automotive parts, aircraft parts, presses, industrial machinery, robots as well as many others.