GROUND BROKEN FOR TEST SITE $50 MILLION HYUNDAI/KIA FACILITY WILL OPEN IN '04.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer CALIFORNIA CITY- Hyundai/Kia and California City officials ceremoniously cer·e·mo·ni·ous adj. 1. Strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony, ritual, or etiquette; punctilious: "borne on silvery trays by ceremonious world-weary waiters" Financial Times. broke ground Tuesday for a $50 million vehicle test track. Following a Korean tradition for auspicious events, civic leaders and auto company officials donned white gloves before picking up shovels to turn over the first symbolic shovelfuls of earth. ``This coming together of cultures is the future, not just for California City but for the free world,'' California City Mayor Larry Adams said. The Hyundai-Kia Motors Proving Ground will be used to test new vehicle models from Hyundai and Kia designed with North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. customers in mind, officials said. Mong-Koo Chung, chairman and chief executive officer of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors “Kia” redirects here. For other uses, see KIA. Kia Motors is South Korea's 2nd largest automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Its CEO is Chung Eui-sun. The American arm is Kia Motors America. Corp., who traveled from South Korea for the groundbreaking, said in a statement released at the ceremony: ``Hyundai is committed to building on the momentum we've established in the U.S., and this state-of-the-art testing facility will help us do so.'' During the ceremony, the Hyundai-Kia chairman presented California City's police department with two small sport utility vehicles This page lists sports utility vehicles currently in production (as of April 2007), as well as past models. The list includes crossover SUVs, Mini SUVs, Compact SUVs and other similar vehicles. , a Kia Sorrento and a Hyundai Santa Fe The Hyundai Santa Fe is a mid-size crossover SUV based on the Hyundai Sonata platform. It was introduced for the 2001 model year as Hyundai's first SUV, released at the same time as the Ford Escape/Mazda Tribute and Pontiac Aztek. . The company recently opened a $24 million Hyundai/Kia Design Center in Irvine, and plans to build in Montgomery, Ala., an assembly plant employing about 2,000 workers and capable of turning out 300,000 vehicles a year, half of U.S. Hyundai and Kia sales in 2001. The California City project will include a 6.4-mile oval track  It has been suggested that and be merged into this article or section. , a vehicle-handling course inside the oval track, a paved hill road and several special-surface roads. A 30,000-square-foot complex for offices and indoor testing will also be constructed. The proving grounds, expected to employ about 40 to 50 people, should be completed in late 2004. The proving grounds will be staffed and run by Hyundai Motor Company The Hyundai Motor Company, a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is South Korea's largest and the world's sixth largest Automaker.[1] Its headquarters are in Seoul, South Korea. subsidiary Hyundai America Technical Center Inc., which is responsible for the technical development of Hyundai and Kia cars and trucks in North America. The ceremony took place under a tent erected among the Joshua trees and creosote creosote (krē`əsōt), volatile, heavy, oily liquid obtained by the distillation of coal tar or wood tar. Creosote derived from beechwood tar has been used medicinally as an antiseptic and in the treatment of chronic bronchitis. bushes on 4,300 acres north of Highway 58, about eight miles east of Mojave. In attendance were about 50 Hyundai-Kia officials and about 50 civic leaders from eastern Kern County, including California City Council members and representatives of state and county lawmakers. CAPTION(S): map Map: (ran in AV edition only) Hyundai test track |
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