History and models
Kia
Kia has 13 models in the Momeka catalogue: Sportage, Carnival, Optima / K5, Rio, Sorento and Picanto, among others. The oldest went on sale in 1995.
Altogether that is 74 generations and 373 versions with specs. 355 of them already come with the manufacturer’s maintenance plan.
First model1995
Models on Momeka13
Generations74
Versions with specs373
Kia models
Each with its generation timeline, specs and maintenance plan.
Sportage
1995–today · 9 generations · 63 versions
Carnival
1999–today · 7 generations · 16 versions
Optima / K5
2000–today · 10 generations · 36 versions
Rio
2000–2023 · 8 generations · 35 versions
Sorento
2002–today · 8 generations · 26 versions
Picanto
2004–today · 7 generations · 21 versions
Ceed
2006–today · 6 generations · 101 versions
Soul
2009–2025 · 5 generations · 16 versions
Niro
2016–today · 4 generations · 12 versions
Stinger
2017–2023 · 2 generations · 9 versions
Stonic
2017–today · 3 generations · 12 versions
XCeed
2019–today · 3 generations · 18 versions
EV6
2021–today · 2 generations · 8 versions
Kia history year by year
The launch of every generation of its models in the Momeka catalogue.
The 1990s
1995
Sportage · JA
1995–2003
JA
1999
Carnival · Carnival I (1999)
1999–2001
UP/GQ
The 2000s
2000
Optima / K5 · Optima / Magentis I (MS 2000)
2000–2002
MS
Rio · Rio I 2000
2000–2002
DC
2001
Carnival · Carnival I restyling (2001)
2001–2006
UP/GQ
2002
Rio · Rio I restyling 2002
2002–2005
DC
Sorento · Sorento I 2002
2002–2006
BL
2004
Picanto · Picanto I (SA)
2004–2008
SA
Sportage · KM
2004–2009
KM
2005
Optima / K5 · Magentis II (MG 2005)
2005–2008
MG
Rio · Rio II 2005
2005–2009
JB
2006
Carnival · Carnival II (2006)
2006–2010
VQ
Ceed · cee'd I (ED)
2006–2009
ED
Sorento · Sorento I restyling 2006
2006–2010
BL
2007
Picanto · Picanto I restyling (SA)
2007–2011
SA
2008
Optima / K5 · Magentis II restyling (MG 2009)
2008–2010
MG
Sportage · KM restyling
2008–2010
KM
2009
Ceed · cee'd I restyling (ED)
2009–2013
ED
Sorento · Sorento II 2009
2009–2013
XM
Soul · Soul I 2009
2009–2011
AM
The 2010s
2010
Carnival · Carnival II restyling (2010)
2010–2014
VQ
Optima / K5 · Optima III (TF 2010)
2010–2013
TF
Rio · Rio II restyling 2009
2010–2011
JB
Sportage · SL
2010–2014
SL
2011
Picanto · Picanto II (TA)
2011–2015
TA
Rio · Rio III 2011
2011–2015
UB
2012
Ceed · cee'd II (JD)
2012–2015
JD
Soul · Soul I restyling 2012
2012–2013
AM
2013
Optima / K5 · Optima III restyling (TF 2014)
2013–2015
TF
Sorento · Sorento II restyling 2013
2013–2015
XM
2014
Carnival · Carnival III (2014)
2014–2020
YP
Soul · Soul II 2014
2014–2016
PS
Sportage · SL restyling
2014–2016
SL
2015
Ceed · cee'd II restyling (JD)
2015–2019
JD
Optima / K5 · Optima IV (JF 2015)
2015–2018
JF
Picanto · Picanto II restyling (TA)
2015–2017
TA
Rio · Rio III restyling 2015
2015–2017
UB
Sorento · Sorento III 2015
2015–2018
UM
2016
Niro · Niro I (DE 2016)
2016–2019
DE
Soul · Soul II restyling 2016
2016–2019
PS
Sportage · QL
2016–2018
QL
2017
Picanto · Picanto III (JA)
2017–2020
JA
Rio · Rio IV 2017
2017–2020
YB
Stinger · Stinger (CK 2017)
2017–2020
CK
Stonic · YB
2017–2020
YB
2018
Ceed · Ceed III (CD)
2018–2021
CD
Optima / K5 · Optima IV restyling (JF 2018)
2018–2020
JF
Sorento · Sorento III restyling 2018
2018–2020
UM
Sportage · QL restyling
2018–2022
QL
2019
Niro · Niro I restyling (DE 2019)
2019–2022
DE
Optima / K5 · K5 (DL3 2019)
2019–2023
DL3
Soul · Soul III 2019
2019–2025
SK3
XCeed · XCeed (CD)
2019–2022
CD
The 2020s
2020
Carnival · Carnival IV (2020)
2020–2023
KA4
Picanto · Picanto III restyling (JA)
2020–2024
JA
Rio · Rio IV restyling 2020
2020–2023
YB
Sorento · Sorento IV 2020
2020–2024
MQ4
Stinger · Stinger restyling (CK 2020)
2020–2023
CK
Stonic · YB restyling
2020–2025
YB
2021
Ceed · Ceed III restyling (CD)
2021–today
CD
EV6 · EV6 (CV 2021)
2021–2024
CV
2022
Niro · Niro II (SG2 2022)
2022–2026
SG2
Sportage · NQ5
2022–2025
NQ5
XCeed · XCeed restyling (CD)
2022–2026
CD
2023
Carnival · Carnival IV restyling (2023)
2023–today
KA4
Optima / K5 · K5 restyling (DL3 2023)
2023–today
DL3
2024
EV6 · EV6 restyling (CV 2024)
2024–today
CV
Picanto · Picanto III restyling 2 (JA)
2024–today
JA
Sorento · Sorento IV restyling 2024
2024–today
MQ4
2025
Sportage · NQ5 restyling
2025–today
NQ5
Stonic · YB restyling 2
2025–today
YB
2026
Niro · Niro II restyling (SG2 2026)
2026–today
SG2
XCeed · XCeed restyling 2 (CD)
2026–today
CD