Kymco (an acronym for Kwang Yang Motor Co, Ltd ()) (stylized as ''KYMCO'') is a Taiwanese

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manufacturer headquartered in Kaohsiung,

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. With approximately 3000 employees, Kymco produces over 570,000 vehicles annually at its factory in Kaohsiung. The company also has production facilities in Jakarta, Indonesia;

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History

The company was founded in 1963 after splitting from

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. KYMCO originally made parts for Honda. The company built its first complete scooter in 1970 and began marketing under the "KYMCO" brand name in 1992. In the 2000s, Kymco became the largest scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, and the fifth largest scooter manufacturer worldwide. In early 2008, KYMCO was chosen by BMW to supply the engines for their G450 X Enduro bike. The optional

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in the

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is also supplied by Kymco. In late 2013, Kawasaki announced that their new J300 scooter is manufactured in partnership with Kymco. It is based on a Kymco Downtown 300i.

Products

Scooters

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* 150XLS * Activ 50/125 * Agility 50/125 * Agility City A/C 125/150/200 * Agility 16+ 300I * KB 50 * CV 3 550i * AK550 * Bet & Win 50/125/150/250 (also known as Ego) * Caro 100 * Cherry 50/100 * Cobra Cross 50 * Cobra Racer 50/100 * Compagno 110i * Dink 50 A/C * Dink L/C * Dink/Yager 125 * Dink 150/200 * DJ 50 S * Downtown 125i/200i/250i/300i/350i * Nikita 300/125 (known as Downtown in the U.S., Canada and Europe) * Easy 100 (also known as Free LX 100/110) * Ego 125 * Espresso 150 * Famous 110 * Filly 50LX * G3 *

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(known as Grand Vista in the U.S. and the Frost in Canada) 125/150/250 * Heroism 125/150-豪邁 * Jockey 125 * Like 50/125/200i/200i XL/125 EV * Miler 125 * Movie 50 * Movie XL 125/150 * MyRoad 700i * New Sento 110cc *

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50 * People S 50 * People 125 * People S 125 * People 150 * People S 200 * People S 200 i *

250 * People S 250 * People S 250i * People S 300i >2008 * People GT 200i/300i * People One 125i * Sento 50 * Sento 100 * Sooner 100 * Super 8 125/150 * Super 9 * Top Boy 50 On/Off Road * V-Link * Vitality 50 (2 stroke and 4 stroke models) * Vivio 125 * VJR 125 * Xciting 250/300/300 Ri/400I/500/500 Ri * X-Town 300i * Yager 125 * Yager GT 125 * Yager GT 200i * Yup 50/250 * ZX 50

Motorcycles

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* Activ 110/125 * Axr 110 * Cruiser 125 * CK1 125 * Grand King 125/150 * Hipster 125 2V * Hipster 125 4V (H/Bar and L/Bar) * Hipster 150 * Jetix 50/125 * KTR/KCR 125/150 * K-Pipe 50/125 * Pulsar/CK 125 * Pulsar Luxe 125 * Pulsar S 125 * Quannon (known as KR Sport in the U.S.) ** Kymco Quannon 125/150/150 Fi ** Kymco Quannon Naked 125 * Spade 150 * Kymco Spade 150

Spike 125 * Stryker 750 (on- and off-road) * Stryker 550 (on- and off-road) * Visa R110 * VSR 125i *

Venox 250 The Kymco Venox is a cruiser style motorcycle produced by Taiwanese Kwang Yang Motor Company under the Kymco brand. While it is the largest motorcycle made by Kymco (though they offer larger scooters and ATVs), at 249 cc the Venox is considered a ...

* Venox 1000i * Zing 125/150

ATVs

* KXR 50/90 * KXR 250 (on-road) * Maxxer 300 450i * Mongoose KXR250 * MXer 50 * MXer 125 * MXer 125 (on-road) * MXer 150 * MXer 150 (on-road) * MXU 50/150/250/300/400/500/500i IRS * MXU 450i/550i/700i * UXV 450i/500i/700i

Kymco in the United States

Kymco has its U.S. subsidiary KYMCO USA headquartered in

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, United States and sells its vehicles and products via 600 franchised dealerships located throughout the country. For the U.S. market, Kymco offers 10 scooters, eight side by sides, 14 ATVs and two small displacement motorcycles in its line of products. Kymco was the official Scooter and ATV for the

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and with Gray Motorsports primary sponsor of the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

References

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* {{Authority control 1963 establishments in Taiwan Manufacturing companies based in Kaohsiung Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Multinational companies headquartered in Taiwan Scooter manufacturers Motorcycle manufacturers of Taiwan Taiwanese brands Companies based in Spartanburg, South Carolina