Kia Granbird

Kia Granbird
Kia New Granbird (Korea)
Manufacturer	Kia Motors
Parent company	Hyundai Kia Automotive Group
Also called	Asia Granbird Kia Granbird Innovation
Assembly	Gwangju Plant, Gwangju, South Korea

The Kia Granbird is a commercial bus manufactured by Kia Motors based on the Hyundai Aero-inspired platform and for a brief period of time by Asia Motors. Production started in 1994, and the exterior look stayed the same until a cosmetic update in 2007 for 2008. The Granbird is manufactured at Kia's Guangju plant, which also makes the Soul, Sportage, Rondo, and Kia's commercial and military trucks. The Granbird is only sold in selected markets.

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Chronological table of Korean Buses

v · d · e Kia Motors, a division of Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, road car timeline, 1990s–present
Type	1990s										2000s										2010s
Type	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
City											Visto					Morning/Picanto
Subcompact	Pride
					Avella						Rio						Rio/Pride
																					Venga
Compact																		cee'd
					Sephia/Mentor						Spectra/Shuma					Spectra5/Cerato
					Sephia/Mentor					Sephia/Mentor			Spectra/Shuma			Spectra/Cerato				Forte/Cerato
	Capital
Mid-size	Concord						Credos/Clarus					Optima/Magentis					Optima/Lotze/Magentis
Full-size			Potentia
									Enterprise						Opirus/Amanti
																					Cadenza/K7
Sports car							Elan
Compact SUV					Sportage											Sportage
Compact SUV										Retona
SUV														Sorento						Sorento
SUV																			Mohave/Borrego
Compact MPV										Carens			Carens					Carens/Rondo
Compact MPV										Joice/Carstar										Soul
Minivan										Carnival/Sedona							Carnival/Sedona
Pickup truck								Bongo Frontier				Bongo Frontier				Bongo III
Bus											Granbird								Granbird

List of Bus Manufacturers

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Early UK & Ireland Bus Builders
All Types ex-Steam

AEC • Albion • Atkinson • Bean • Bedford • BMC • BMMO • Bristol • Charles H. Roe • Commer • Crossley Motors • Daimler Motor Company • Dennis • Dodge (GB) • Duple Coachbuilders • Eastern Coach Works • East Lancashire Coachbuilders • Guy • Karrier Motors(crew bus) • Leyland Commercial Vehicles/Leyland Motors Ltd/Leyland Steam Motor Co. • Marshall Bus • Morris Commercials/Morris • Northern Counties • Park Royal Vehicles • Sentinel • Shefflex • Shelvoke & Drewry • Straker-Squire • Thornycroft • Tilling Stevens • Vulcan

Modern UK & Ireland Bus Builders
(1960s-current)
(Factories in the UK)

Bedford • BMMO • Alexander Dennis • Darwen East Lancs/Darwen Group • Eastern Coach Works Ford of Britain(mini / Crew buses) Ford Trucks/Iveco(chassis) • Leyland Daf & Leyland Bus • MCV Bus and Coach • Optare • Plaxton Volvo Buses

European Manufacturers

Active	Autodromo (Italian) Automet (Polish) Autosan (Polish) • Ayats (Spanish) • Berkhof (Dutch) • Beulas (Spanish) • Biamax (Greek) • BredaMenarinibus (Italian) • Cacciamali (Italian) • Carsa (Spanish) • Castrosua (Spanish) • Chavdar (Bulgarian) • Contrac Cobus (German) • Credo (Hungarian) • DAF (Dutch) • ELBO (Greek) • EvoBus (German) • Fabrika automobila Priboj (Serbian) • Fiat Professional (Italian)• Hess (Swiss) • Hispano Carrocera (Spanish) • Hispano-Suiza (Spainish) • Ikarbus (Serbian) • Ikarus Bus (Hungarian) • Indcar (Spanish) • Irisbus (French) • Iveco (Italian) • Jelcz (Polish) • Jonckheere (Belgian) • Kapena (Polish) • Man (German) • Mauri (Italian) • Mercedes Benz (German) • Neobus (Serbian) • Neoplan (German) • Noge (Spanish) • Praga (Czech) • Roman (Romanian) • Saab-Scania AB/Scania (Swedish) • Salvador Caetano (Portuguese) • Saracakis (Greek) • Setra (German) • Sfakianakis (Greek) • Škoda Works (Czech) • Solaris (Polish) • Solbus (Polish) • SOR Libchavy (Czech) • TEDOM (Czech) • Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor (Slovenian) • VDL Bova/VDL Bus Chassis (Dutch) • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (German) • Volvo (Swedish)

Defunct	ACMAT (Greek) • Alfa Romeo (Italian) • AMZ-KUTNO (Polish) • Ajokki (Finnish) • Arna (Norwegian) • Avia (Spanish) • Barreiros (Spanish) • Berliet (French) • Borgward (German) • Brons (Dutch) • Büssing (German) • Carrus (Finnish) • Citroën (French) • DAAG (German) • Dansk Automobil Byggeri (Danish) • Delta Plan (Finnish) • Den Oudsten (Dutch) • Drögmöller (German) • Ebro (Spanish) • Emelba (Spanish) • Henschel (German) • Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau (East German) • Intrall (Polish/English) • Isotta-Fraschini (Italian) • KMC (Cyprus) • Kässbohrer (German) • Lancia (Italian) • Magirus/Magirus-Deutz (German) • OAF (Austrian) • Pegaso (Spanish) • Renault (French) • Riga Autobus Factory (Latvian) • Saurer (Swiss) • Saviem (French) • Scania-Vabis (Swedish) • Seida (Spanish) • Steyr-Daimler-Puch (Austrian) • Tangalakis (Greek) • Tatra (Czech) • Tidaholms Bruk (Swedish) • United Bus (Dutch) • Vest (Norwegian) • Wiima (Finnish)

North American Manufacturers

Active	Advanced Bus Industries • ALFA (Mexican) • AMHER (Mexican) • AYCO (Mexican) • BECCAR (Mexican) • Blue Bird Corporation • Champion Bus Incorporated • Chevrolet • Coach and Equipment • Collins Bus • DaimlerChrysler • DesignLine International • Dodge • Dupont Industries • Eagle Bus • ElDorado National • Elkhart Coach • Eurocar (Mexican) • Federal Coach • Ford • GARZA (Mexican) • Glaval Bus • Gillig • Girardin Minibus • GMC • Godoy (Mexican) • Goshen Coach • IC Bus • Integra (Mexican) • International/Navistar International • Millennium Transit Services • Motor Coach Industries • New Flyer Industries • North American Bus Industries • Nova Bus • Optima Bus Corporation • Orion International • Prevost Car • RECO (Mexican) • Spartan Motors • Stallion Bus Industries • Starcraft Bus • Thomas Built Buses • Trans Tech • Trident Bus Industries

Defunct	Aerocoach • AmTran • Canadian Car and Foundry • Carpenter Body Company • Crown Coach Corporation • DINA S.A. (Mexican) • Electric Transit • Fageol • Fifth Avenue Bus Company • Fitzjohn • Flxible • General Motors Corporation (buses)/General Motors Diesel Division • J.G. Brill • Kenworth • Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil/Corbeil • Mack Trucks • Marmon-Herrington • Mid Bus • Neoplan USA • Pullman Company • Ramirez (Mexican) • REO •Studebaker • Superior Coach Company • Thomas Dennis Company LLC • TMC • Twin Coach • U.S. Bus Corporation • Ward • Wayne Corporation • White Motor Company • Yellow Coach

South American Manufacturers

Active	Agrale (Brazilian) • Apple Bus (Peruvian) • Andinas (Venezuelan) • ArMar (Argentenian) • Busscar (Brazilan) • CAIO (Brazilan) • CARBUS (Argentenian) • Cepeda (Ecudoran) • Ciccobus (Brazilan) • Ciferal (Brazilan) • Comil (Brazilan) • Corwin (Argentenian) • El Quinto (Argentenian) • Galicia (Argentenian) • Ibimco (Ecuadoran) • IMETAM (Ecuadoran) • Intercar (Venezuelan) • Inrecar (Chilean) • Italbus (Argentenian) • La Favorita (Argentenian) • Lucero (Argentenian) • Marcopolo S.A. (Brazilan) • Mascarello (Brazilan) • Marri (Argentenian) • Manhjos (Argentenian) • Materfer (Argentenian) • Maxi Bus (Brazilan) • Megabuss (Ecuadoran) • Metalpar (Argentenian)(Chilean) • Metalsur (Argentenian) • Modabus (Peruvian) • Navarro (Argentenian) • Neobus (Brazilan) • Niccolo (Argentenian) • Pauliscar (Brazilan) • Pauny (Argentenian) • Perego (Argentenian) • Picosa (Ecuadoran) • ROSMO (Guatamalan) • Saldivia (Argentenian) • San Antonio (Argentenian) • Sateci (Peruvian) • Servibus (Venezuelan) • SudAmericanos (Argentenian) • TATSA (Argentenian) • Technoporte (Argentenian) • Todobus (Argentenian) • Troyano (Argentenian) • Ugarte (Argentenian) • Uni Buss (Brazilan) • VARMA (Ecuadoran) • Vegutzi (Peruvian) • Volare (Brazilan) • Volkswagen Trucks and Buses (Brazilian)

Defunct	Avecar (Chilean) • CAMETAL (Argentenian) • Cameval (Bolivian) • Carica (Chilean) • El Detalle (Argentenian) • Santa Matilde (Brazilan) • SEG (Chilean) • Tutto Transporti (Brazilian) • Zanello (Argentenian)

Middle East, Asian
and Australasia

Active	Ankai (Chinese) • Ashok Leyland (Indian) • BCI (Australian) • BMC (Turkish) • Bonluck Bus (Chinese) • Bustech (Australian) • Cerita Motors (Indian) • Changjiang Bus (Chinese) • China Flxible (Chinese) • Daewoo Bus (South Korean) • Daimler-Hyundai Truck (South Korean) • Dandong (Chinese) • Denning (Australian) • DesignLine International (Kiwi (New Zealand)) • Dongfeng Motor Corporation (Chinese) • Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel (Chinese) • FAW Bus and Coach (Chinese) • Force Motors (Indian) • Ghandhara (Pakistani) • Ghandhara Nissan (Pakistani) • Golden Dragon (Chinese) • Guangqi Hino Motors (Chinese) • Guangzhou (Chinese) • Higer (Chinese) • Hino Motors (Japanese) • Hinopak Motors (Pakistani) • Hengtong Bus (Chinese) • Huanghai Bus (Chinese) • Iran Khodro Diesel (Iranian) • Anadolu Isuzu (Turkish) • JAC Motors (Chinese) • Karsan (Turkish) • King Long (Chinese) • Lifan (Chinese) • Lishan Bus (Chinese) • Master Motors (Pakistani) • Micro Cars (Sri Lankan) • Mitsubishi Fuso (Japanese) • Mudan Auto (Chinese) • NEOMAN Bus (Turkish) • Otokar (Turkish) • Saipa Diesel (Iranian) • Shaanxi (Chinese) • SsangYong (South Korean) • Sunlong Bus (Chinese) • Swaraj Mazda (Indian) • Tata (Indian) • TEMSA (Turkish) • UD Nissan Diesel (Japanese) • Volvo-Eicher (Indian) • Wuling • Wuzhoulong (Chinese) • Yaxing Coach • Yema Auto • Youngman (Chinese) • Yutong (Chinese) • Zhongtong (Chinese)

Defunct	Asia Motors (South Korean) • Guangzhou Isuzu Bus (Chinese) •

Former Soviet Union Manufacturers

Active	Bogdan (bus) (Ukranian) • ErAZ (Armenian) • GAZelle (Russian) • KAvZ (Russian) • Kamaz (Russian) • LiAZ (Russian) • Lviv Bus Factory (Ukranian) • Minsk Automobile Plant (Russian) • NefAZ (Russian) • Pavlovo (Russian) • UAZ (Russian) • Volzhanin (Russia) • ZiL (Russian)

Defunct	• Kauno Autobusų Gamykla (Lithuanian)