KYMCO (trade name for the Kwang Yang Motor Co, Ltd (Chinese: 光陽工業; pinyin: Guāng Yáng Gōng Yè) is a Taiwanese company that manufactures motor scooters, motorcycles, and ATVs for worldwide distribution. Founded in 1963 after breaking away from honda, the company originally made parts for Honda. The company built its first complete scooter in 1970 and began marketing under the "KYMCO" brand name in 1992. Kymco has become the largest scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, and the fifth largest scooter and manufacturer worldwide.[1] KYMCO's headquarters and factory are located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with about 3000 employees, and producing more than 570,000 vehicles per year. The company has production facilities in Jakarta, Shanghai, Changsha and Chengdu. In early 2008, KYMCO was chosen by BMW to supply the engines for their G450 X enduro bike.[2]
[edit] Products
[edit] Scooters
- 150XLS
- Activ 50/125
- Agility 50/125
- Agility City A/C 125/150
- Bet & Win 50/125/150/250 (also known as Ego)
- Caro 100
- Cherry 50/100
- Cobra Cross 50
- Cobra Racer 50/100
- Dink 50 A/C
- Dink L/C
- Dink/Yager 125
- Dink 150/200
- DJ 50 S
- Ego 125
- Espresso 150
- Filly 50LX
- Grand Dink (known as Grand Vista in the U.S.and the Frost in Canada) 125/150/250
- Heroism 125/150-豪漢
- Like 50
- Like 150
- Miler 125
- Movie XL 125/150
- People 50
- People S 50
- People 125
- People S 125
- People 150
- People S 200
- People 250
- Sento
- Sooner 100
- Super 8
- Super 9
- Top Boy 50 On/Off Road
- Vitality 50 (2 stroke and 4 stroke models)
- Vivio 125
- Xciting 250/300/300 Ri/500/500 Ri
- Yager 125
- Yager GT 125
- Yager GT 200i
- Yup 50/250
- ZX 50
[edit] Motorcycles
- Activ 110/125
- Cruiser 125
- Grand King 125/150
- Hipster 125 4V (H/Bar and L/Bar)
- Hipster 150
- KTR/KCR 125/150
- Pulsar/CK 125
- Pulsar Luxe 125
- Quannon (known as KR Sport in the U.S.)
- Kymco Quannon 125/150/150 Fi
- Kymco Quannon Naked 125
- Spike 125
- Stryker 125 (on- and off-road)
- Stryker 150 (on- and off-road)
- Venox 250
- Zing 125/150
- KXR 90
- KXR 250 (on-road)
- Maxxer 300
- Mongoose KXR250
- MXer 50
- MXer 125
- MXer 125 (on-road)
- MXer 150
- MXer 150 (on-road)
- MXU 50/150/250/300/500/500IRS
- UXV 500i
[edit] Kymco in the United States
Kymco's product line in the United States includes 15 scooters, 9 ATVs and the Venox 250 cruiser. Kymco USA Inc. is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina with around 600 dealerships.
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