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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Brought to you by Kia: Who better than a company who can't fix a key switch to cover dumpster fires! Kia: Movement That Inspires Car Theft.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't they also use child labour in the US?

[–] MeefusMcBeefus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you might be confusing them with the other major Korean car maker Hyundai but it could have been both!

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kia and Hyundai use a lot of the same parts, so if one was doing it, it's likely both were.

Found this Reuters article, yeah it's both...

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It's because Hyundai is the largest shareholder of Kia and Hyundai supplies parts for Kia and Renault in Korea