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The history of the Korean automotive industry began in August 1955, when Choi Mu-seong, a Korean businessman, and two of his brothers (Choi Hae-seong and Choi Soon-seong), mounted a modified and localized jeep engine on a US military jeep-style car body made with the sheet metal from a junk oil drum can and military junk Jeep parts to manufacture its first car, called the Sibal (car).
The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (Korean: 한국수입자동차협회), or KAIDA, is a South Korean trade association representing importers and distributors of imported automobiles, established in 1995. It is a corporation registered under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, whose membership consists of ...
Former president Kim Dae-jung used an armored BMW E38 750iL S, offered by BMW Korea, for his state visit to Mongolia in June 1999, [152] while presidents Syngman Rhee, Yun Bo-seon, Park Chung-hee, and Chun Doo-hwan used successive models of Cadillac Fleetwood limousines. Kim Dae-jung was the first to switch to German vehicles.
The automotive industry in North Korea is a branch of the national economy, with much lower production than the automotive industry in South Korea.In North Korea, motor vehicle production is focused on military and industrial goals, including construction; few private citizens own cars.
Three unique models that BMW Motorsport created for the South African market were the E23 M745i (1983), which used the M88 engine from the BMW M1, the BMW 333i (1986), which added a six-cylinder 3.2-litre M30 engine to the E30, [132] and the E30 BMW 325is (1989) which was powered by an Alpina-derived 2.7-litre engine.
EUKOR is a South Korean specialised Roll-on/roll-off shipping line. The company's specialize in the sea carriage of new and used cars and High & Heavy cargo. The name of the brand EUKOR comes from a portmanteau that combines the words "Europe & Korea". The company is owned by Wilh.
The presidential state car is a highly modified 2018 Hyundai Nexo SUV first introduced in 2019 of which it is operated by the civilian Presidential Security Service. There are at least seven SUVs at the president's service. [3]
The North Korean motor vehicle production has military, industrial and construction goals mainly, and private car ownership by citizens is not allowed (all cars are serving government officials). It has Soviet origins, evident in the subsequent practice of cloning foreign specimens, though in one recent automobile joint-venture, North Korea ...