Kia Motors maintains a number of design and manufacturing facilities in its home country of South Korea, as well as the United States, Eastern Europe, China, Japan, Mexico and Vietnam.Design facilitiesNamyang Design CenterThe Namyang Design Center, located in Hwaseong, South Korea, serves as Kia's primary design facility. The facility, which is shared with parent company Hyundai, is located on ove
r 3.3 million square meters of land and serves as the central hub for engineering work encompassing the entire design process, from pre-design studies, prototyping and extensive track testing, full-scale wind tunnel aerodynamic testing. Kia and Hyundai employees from around the world receive training at the Namyang Center.Kia Design Center AmericaThe Kia Design Center America in Irvine, California, is located on a 22acre corporate campus with a $130 million initial investment, the Irvine, California Kia Design Center was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was completed in 2008, featuring 45 workstations and nine offices. Work and presentation areas include a 2-D presentation room, "a kind of darkroom in virtual reality where up to three full-size digital images can be projected for evaluation and comparison."The 239000sqft building features a hallmark 6000sqft entry canopy and sits aside a 36000sqft reflecting pool. The parking lot includes an environmentally efficient bioswale system to filter water runoff. Kia Design Center, Irvine, CA
