Asia · 1990–1997
Asia Rocsta
The Asia Rocsta is a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle built by Asia Motors Corporation in South Korea. It was available as a SUV or pickup truck. The Rocsta is derived from the K111 Jeep, also developed by Asia Motors. Because this model was cheaper than competing 4WD vehicles, it contributed to the increase in popularity of offroad racing in Korea. Asia Motors launched the Rocsta in 1990, and retired it in 1997. From 1998, the Rocsta's replacement, the Asia Retona, was sold with Kia badging. UK sales of the Rocsta ran from 1994–1997 and included both the 1.8-litre petrol and 2.2-litre diesel engines. Both could be purchased with either a hard- or a soft-top. Both models were distributed by Kia Motors and used Kia copies of standard Mazda engines, with five-speed manual transmission. The Rocsta was also sold in Australia between 1993 and 2000.
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Successor: Kia Retona
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Variants
Rocsta 1.8 DX Hard Top - Model# AM102 GS. Engine Number begins JF8 being for the Mazda F8 engine Rocsta 1.8 DX Soft Top Rocsta 2.2 Rocsta 2.2 4WD Rocsta 2.2 D Soft Top Rocsta 2.2 Diesel DX H/Top Rocsta 2.2 Diesel DX S/Top Rocsta 2.2 Diesel Soft Top Rocsta R2 Wagon Gallery.
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Specifications
- name
- Asia Rocsta
- Manufacturer
- Asia Motors
- Production
- 1990-1997
- Body style
- 3-door Mini SUV
- Layout
- Front-engine, four-wheel-drive
- Engine
- 1.8 L Mazda F8 I4 (petrol), 2.2 L Mazda R2 I4 (diesel)
- Successor
- Asia/Kia Retona
- Length
- 3460 mm
- Width
- 1680 mm
- Height
- 1855 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1510 kg
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461195CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_RocstaCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1358938066 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R2_1.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo: en-Wiki-User "Jayr168": "This picture is taken by me and I own the vehicle" · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.