Kia Combi

The Kia Combi, first marketed as the Asia Combi, was a series of minibuses built from 1983 until October 2002 by Asia Motors and later by Kia, which has owned Asia Motors since 1976. The 24-seat Asia Motors AM805 and AM807 Combi minibuses were launched in October 1983 and entered full production in 1984, based on the second-generation Mazda Parkway. Most versions received the Mazda ZB six-cylinder engine of 4,052 cc producing 100 PS. Single cat's-eye headlights replaced the twin units in the AM815 in 1988 or 1990, the AM815 Hi-Combi was added in 1994, and the 1996 model year brought smaller, more powerful Hyundai four-cylinder engines including turbocharged 3.3 and 3.9-litre units of 120 and 140 PS. After the Asia sub-brand vanished by 2000 the minibus was rebadged the Kia Power Combi, and it was discontinued without a successor on October 28, 2002, ahead of stricter South Korean emissions regulations.