.jpg?width=1100)
Production chronology2008–2024
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia infobox ↗17 years
← Kia
Kia / Model record
KiaForte
Production2008–2024
Recorded originSouth Korea
ClassCompact car
Background
The Kia Forte, known as the K3 in Asia, the Forte K3 or Shuma in China, and the Cerato in South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia, is a compact car manufactured by South Korean automaker Kia from 2008 until its discontinuation in 2024, replacing the Kia Spectra.
Text adapted from “Kia Forte” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2010–2024
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2010–2024
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗15 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2010–2023
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗14 years