Kymco

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company_name = Kymco"Kwang Yang Motor Co, Ltd"
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slogan = Better than Best
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foundation = 1963
location_city = flagicon|Taiwan Kaohsiung
location_country = Taiwan
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industry = Powersports
products = Motorcycles, Scooters, ATV's
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homepage = [http://www.kymco.com/ 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 its first complete scooter in 1970 and began marketing under the "Kymco" brand name in 1992. Kymco's headquarters and factory are located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has roughly 3000 employees, and produces more than 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" (zh-tp|t=光陽工業|p=Guāng Yáng Gōng Yè).

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

Products

Scooters

* Cherry 5;
* Cobra Cross 50
* Cobra Racer 50
* Dink 50 A/C
* Dink L/C
* Bet & Win 50
* People 50
* People S 50
* Agility 50
* Agility City A/C 125 (air-cooled)
* Agility City A/C 150 (air-cooled)
* Yup 50
* ZX 50
* Super 8
* Super 9 A/C 50 (air-cooled)
* Super 9 L/C 50 (liquid-cooled)
* Vitality 50 (2T & 4T) (2 stroke and 4 stroke models)
* 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 ( [http://www.bugscooters.com/espresso.htm rebadged BUG in Australia] )
* 150XLS ( [http://www.zootscooters.com.au/150xls_specs.html 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

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 Luxe 125 (rare)
* KTR/KCR 125/150
* QUANNON/KR SPORT 125/150

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

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.

External links

* [http://www.kymco.com.tw/ Kymco Taiwan]
* [http://www.kymco.com/ Kymco factory web site]
* [http://www.motorbikeswallpapers.com/kymco/ Kymco Motorcycles, Scooters and ATVs pictures]
* [http://www.kymcousa.com/ Kymco USA] , distributor for the U.S.
* [http://www.kymco.ca/ Kymco Canada] , distributor for Canada
* [http://www.kymco.co.id/ Kymco Indonesia] , distributor for Indonesia
* [http://www.alternativecruisers.com U.S. based Worldwide Alternative Motorcycle Owners Forum]
* [http://www.kymco.or.id Kymco Indonesia Community]
* [http://www.kymco-depok.org Kymco Community Depok Indonesia]