{"id":51199,"date":"2015-02-11T15:36:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T23:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=51199"},"modified":"2015-08-26T08:45:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T15:45:02","slug":"made-across-america-kia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/made-across-america-kia\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Washington Auto Show \u2013 Made Across America w\/ Kia"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the 2015 Washington Auto Show, a special “Made Across America” event was planned.\u00a0This event was designed to showcase the many cars that are actually built right here in the United States. Several manufacturers chose to participate by driving one or more of their vehicles from their American-based assembly plant to the show.<\/p>\n

So what did that have to do with me? Well, Kia asked me to join their team to\u00a0drive the all-new 2016 Kia Sorento<\/a> from the plant in West Point, Georgia to Washington D.C. What a\u00a0memorable\u00a0experience!<\/p>\n

\"2015All travel expenses covered by Kia. No other compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.<\/small><\/p>\n

Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG)<\/h3>\n

Before hitting\u00a0the road, I met the\u00a0two Kia representatives who I’d be driving with for\u00a0the “Made Across America<\/a>” event. After giving me a personal VIP briefing on the plant, we took a quick tour of the KMMG<\/a> West Point manufacturing plant via golf cart. As it was a holiday, the plant was not in operation. Normally, this plant this runs 24 hours a day with\u00a0three rotating work shifts. The Kia Optima, Kia Sorento, and Hyundai Santa Fe are produced here.<\/p>\n

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Personal tour of the @Kia plant in West Pt, GA where Sorento & Optima are made (KMMG) #WAS15 #MadeAcrossAmerica<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n