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KOREAN CUSTOMS; Kia unveils a wagonload of wild tuners.(news)(Brief Article)(Column)

AutoWeek,  December, 2004  by Vaughn, Mark

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Byline: MARK VAUGHN What was the deal with all those cool tuner cars from Kia at last month's Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, anyway? "For the last year I've wanted to push the company toward more performance, but we never had the cars to do it,'' said Kia Motors America president Peter Butterfield.

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