Kia Bongo

Kia Bongo
Kia Bongo
Overview
Manufacturer	Kia
Also called	Kia Frontier; Kia Big-Up (Pickup variant; Indonesia); Kia Travello (Van variant; Indonesia, 2004–2018); Kia Kaon (Taiwan); Forland K1; THACO Kia New Frontier (Vietnam); Kia K2400; Kia K2500; Kia K2500 Karga (Philippines, 2019–present); Kia K2700; Kia Jumbo (Pickup variant; Thailand, 2004–2011); Kia Towner;
Production	1980–present
Assembly	South Korea: Gwangju (Gwangju Plant); Ecuador: Quito (AYMESA); Uruguay: Montevideo (Nordex); Algeria: Batna (GLOVIZ) ; Pakistan: Karachi (Kia Lucky Motors); Philippines: Parañaque (1990s–2006), Biñan, Laguna (2006–2019); Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC); Santa Rosa, Laguna (2019–present); (Kia Philippines); Viet Nam: Chu Lai (THACO);
Body and chassis
Class	Light commercial vehicle
Body style	Van; Pickup truck
Chronology
Successor	Kia Pregio (for Besta)

The Kia Bongo (Hangul:기아 봉고), also known as the Kia K-Series or Kia Besta, is a cabover pickup truck and van produced by the South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia since 1980.

The Bongo was first launched in 1980 under the name Bongo. In 1997, the third generation Bongo Frontier was launched. As of 2004, the Kia Bongo was in its fourth version, confusingly sold as the Kia Bongo III. "Frontier" was dropped from the name with this revision.

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