Kia Motors America

[Wilson Gray]

G, isn't it from the military abbreviation, KIA, for "killed in action"? :-)

-Money


On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
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>  Btw, what is the etymology of this Kia?
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