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Kia Shuma

Kia Shuma
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The Kia Sephia is a compact car that was manufactured by the South Korean automaker Kia Motors from September 1992 to 2003. The first generation Sephia was badged Kia Mentor in some markets, and as the Timor S515/S516 in Indonesia. This convention continued on with the second generation version, which was also badged Kia Shuma and Kia Spectra.

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On UK roads2052025 Q4

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UK vehicles on the road

17 licensed and 188 SORN (205 total) at 2025 Q4.

Year (latest quarter)Vehicles
20141,808
20151,338
2016955
2017704
2018536
2019419
2020349
2021298
2022267
2023246
2024222
2025205

DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.

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