From October 1974 until 1981, Kia Motors manufactured a pick up variant of the second generation Familia as the "Kia Brisa" at their first integrated automobile manufacturing facility, the Sohari Plant in Gwangmyeong, South Korea.
Production originally commenced in 1973 in the form of the Brisa B-1000 pickup truck, but passenger car production (originally as the "Brisa S-1000") only commenced later.
Brisa comes from the Spanish/Portuguese word for "breeze".
The Brisa was equipped with a 62 PS (46 kW) 1.0-liter Mazda engine.
Production came to an end after the new military dictator Chun Doo-hwan enforced industry consolidation, meaning Kia had to give up passenger cars and focus entirely on light trucks.


The original version of the Brisa received a slightly different front end from the original Familia, featuring twin headlights.
Later, single headlights were used.
In total, 31,017 Brisa passenger cars were built.
Including the pickups increases the totals to 75,987, of which a total of 1,526 were exported.
Exports, Kia's first, began with a shipment of 31 Brisa B-1000 pickups to Qatar in 1975.
The Brisa (along with the pickup model, called "Master") was also exported to Colombia.
The larger Grand Familia/818 was also built by Kia with the 1272 cc engine from October 1975, originally as the Brisa II and later as the K303.
From October 1974 until 1981, Kia Motors manufactured a pick up variant of the second generation Familia as the "Kia Brisa" at their first integrated automobile manufacturing facility, the Sohari Plant in Gwangmyeong, South Korea. Production originally commenced in 1973 in the form of the Brisa B-1000 pickup truck, but passenger car production (originally as the "Brisa S-1000") only commenced later. Brisa comes from the Spanish/Portuguese word for "breeze". The Brisa was equipped with a 62 PS (46 kW) 1.0-liter Mazda engine. Production came to an end after the new military dictator Chun Doo-hwan enforced industry consolidation, meaning Kia had to give up passenger cars and focus entirely on light trucks.

The original version of the Brisa received a slightly different front end from the original Familia, featuring twin headlights. Later, single headlights were used. In total, 31,017 Brisa passenger cars were built. Including the pickups increases the totals to 75,987, of which a total of 1,526 were exported. Exports, Kia's first, began with a shipment of 31 Brisa B-1000 pickups to Qatar in 1975. The Brisa (along with the pickup model, called "Master") was also exported to Colombia. The larger Grand Familia/818 was also built by Kia with the 1272 cc engine from October 1975, originally as the Brisa II and later as the K303.
Mazda Familia