The Kia Pride is a
subcompact car
Subcompact car is a North American classification for cars smaller than a compact car. It is broadly equivalent to the B-segment (Europe), supermini (Great Britain) or A0-class (China) classifications.
According to the U.S. Environmental Pr ...
sold by the
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
n automobile manufacturer
Kia Motors between March 1987 and January 2000, and again since September 2011. Between April 2005 and September 2011 the Kia New Pride had been sold.
Original models
derived from the Ford Festiva and sold in South Korea and some export markets. Between 2005 and 2011, the New Pride was the South Korean market name for the
Kia Rio JB sold in export markets. The Pride sold from 2011 to 2017 is also based on the Rio—this time the
UB series.
File:Kia Pride silver vl.jpg, Kia Pride (1987–2000)
File:20110507 kia pride 1.jpg, Kia New Pride (2005–2011)
File:20120211 kia pride 0001.jpg, Kia Pride (2011–2017)
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Pride
Pride is defined by Merriam-Webster as "reasonable self-esteem" or "confidence and satisfaction in oneself". A healthy amount of pride is good, however, pride sometimes is used interchangeably with "conceit" or "arrogance" (among other words) w ...
Cars introduced in 1987