Kymco

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Kymco Kwang Yang Motor Co, Ltd

Type
Founded	1963
Headquarters	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Industry	Powersports
Products	Motorcycles, Scooters, ATV's
Website	www.kymco.com

Kymco is a Taiwanese company that manufactures motor scooters, motorcycles, and ATVs. As the largest scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, the company was founded in 1963 to make parts for Honda. The company built their first complete scooter in 1970 and began marketing under the "Kymco" brand name in 1992. Kymco's headquarters and factory is located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has roughly 3000 employees, and produces over 480,000 vehicles per year. The company has overseas production factories in Jakarta (Indonesia), Shanghai, Changsha (China), and Chengdu(China).

Kymco is the trade name for the Kwang Yang Motor Co, Ltd (traditional Chinese: 光陽工業; pinyin: Guāng Yáng Gōng Yè).

In Australia Kymco scooters are branded as Bug and Zoot Scooters.

1 Products
2 Kymco in the United States
3 External links

[edit] Products

[edit] Scooters

Cherry 50
Cobra Cross 50
Cobra Racer 50
Dink 50 A/C
Dink L/C
Bet & Win 50
People 50
People S 50
Agility 50
Yup 50
ZX 50
Super 9 A/C 50
Super 9 L/C 50
Vitality 50 (2T & 4T)
Filly 50LX
Top Boy 50 On/Off Road
ZX 50
Caro 100
Cherry 100
Sooner 100
Agility 125
Movie XL 125
Miler 125
Ego 125
Grand Dink 125
Bet & Win 125
Dink/Yager 125
People 125
People S 125
Vivio 125
Dink 150
Grand Dink 150
Espresso 150 (rebadged BUG in Australia)
150XLS (rebadged Zoot in Australia)
Movie XL 150
Bet & Win 150
People 150
People S 200
Dink 200
Grand Dink 250 / Grand Vista in U.S.
Bet & Win 250
People 250
Yup 250
Xciting 250
Xciting 500

[edit] Motorcycles

Venox 250
Zing 150
Stryker 150 (on- and off-road)
Hipster 150
Grand King 150
Cruiser 125
Hipster 125 4V (H/Bar and L/Bar)
Zing 125
Pulsar/CK 125
Stryker 125 (on- and off-road)
Grand King 125
Spike 125
Activ 50/110/125
Pulsar Lux 125 (rare)
KTR/KCR 125/150
QUANNON/KR SPORT 125/150

[edit] ATVs

MXU 500
MXU 300
Maxxer 300
Mongoose KXR250
KXR 250 (on-road)
MXU 250
MXer 150
MXer 150 (on-road)
MXU 150
MXer 125
MXer 125 (on-road)
KXR 90
MXU 50
MX'er 50

[edit] Kymco in the United States

Kymco offers a reduced product line in the United states which includes 15 scooters, 9 ATV's and the Venox 250 cruiser which has been reviewed as one of the best starter cruisers in the US market in one test.

Kymco sales in the United States are coordinated through Kymco USA, headquartered in Inman, South Carolina. Kymco USA currently serves over 600 US dealerships which offer various levels of the US line-up.