← Kia
Kia / Model record

KiaOpirus

2003–2012 South Korea passenger car 10 production years
Production2003–2012
Recorded originSouth Korea
Classpassenger car
Background

The Kia Opirus is an executive car/full-size sedan, manufactured by Kia Motors and marketed over a single generation for model years 2003–2012 globally and 2004–2009 in North America. Having debuted internationally at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show, the four-door, five-passenger, front-engine, front-drive sedan was launched to the North American market at the New York International Auto Show and in San Diego, bearing the Amanti nameplate — and prioritizing luxury content and comfort over dynamic performance and agility.

Text adapted from “Kia Opirus” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology2003–2012

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗10 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2003–2010

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗8 years
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations2003

Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.

Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗1 year