Autos
Ford Motor Co. jumped back into the bidding for South Korea’s debt-laden Kia Motors Corp. and sister firm Asia Motors Inc.
Oct. 13, 1998
The auction of Kia Motors Corp. will be canceled, officials and analysts said Monday, after Ford Motor Co. and three South Korean auto makers bidding for the ailing company and its corporate sibling, Asia Motors Co., demanded better terms on the companies’ mountains of debt.
Sept. 1, 1998
Business
Ford Motor Co. and the South Korean auto firms Hyundai Motor Co., Daewoo Motor Co. and Samsung Motors Inc. entered bids for Kia Motors Co., but General Motors Corp. dropped out of the bidding at the last minute, Kia said.
Aug. 22, 1998
Kia Motors North America is finally getting its cash fix from parent Kia Motor Corp. in South Korea, reports chief operating officer Greg Warner.
Oct. 14, 1992
The television ads feature a Godzilla-like creature named Gorgo stomping through downtown Tokyo as screaming residents flee the imperiled city.
May 11, 1994
Policy: South Korean car importers in Irvine, Fountain Valley routinely rotate top executives.
Jan. 7, 1997
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Jan. 22, 1998
Kia Motors Corp. said Monday that it wanted a U.S. insurer group to retest the company’s Spectra sedan, which received the group’s first “poor” rating since 2001 in a front crash test after a crash dummy’s head went out the window.
Dec. 21, 2004
Ford Motor Co., the world’s No. 2 auto maker, submitted a letter of intent to participate in an auction of South Korea’s Kia Motors Corp. and Asia Motors Co., Kia said.
July 24, 1998
Ford Motor Co. and its Mazda Motor Corp. affiliate might form a consortium with other companies to acquire a controlling stake in Kia Motors Corp., the chairman of the insolvent South Korean auto maker said Tuesday.
June 3, 1998