Production chronology2008–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
curated ↗1 year
← Kia
Kia / Model record
KiaBorrego
Production2008 – present
Recorded originSouth Korea
ClassSUV
Background
The Kia Mohave, marketed in South Korea, North America and China as the Kia Borrego, is a sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Kia. The vehicle debuted in 2008 in the South Korean and U.S. markets. The Kia Borrego is named after Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California; Borrego means "bighorned sheep" which can be found in the state park.
Text adapted from “Kia Mohave” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2009–2011
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2009–2011
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗3 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2009
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗1 year