The Enterprise is a sedan built by Kia Motors

Kia Motors

Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...

, and like many other cars from Kia, it is based on another vehicle - the Enterprise is based on the Mazda Sentia

Mazda Sentia

The Mazda Sentia is a large rear wheel drive luxury car sold in Japan in the 1990s. It replaced the Mazda Luce nameplate on the Mazda H platform cars for Japan in 1991 and was retired in 1999 after two generations.-1991:...

. It was first available for sale in 1998. It was powered by one of three Mazda

Mazda

is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...

-sourced petrol engines of either 2.5, 3.0, or 3.6 litres. These proved to be unremarkable in performance but excellent for reliability. The Enterprise has a FR layout with multilink

Multilink

Multilink may refer to:*Multi-link suspension, a type of vehicle suspension design.*Multilink PPP, a type of communications protocal*Multilink Procedure*Multilink striping, a type of data striping used in telecommunications....

 front and rear suspension. In 2002, it was replaced by the Kia Opirus

Kia Opirus

The Kia Opirus was a full-size car manufactured and marketed by Kia Motors that was launched in April 2003 — and was marketed globally under various nameplates, prominently as the Amanti. It was considered to be Kia's flagship vehicle....

, a cousin of the Hyundai Grandeur

Hyundai Grandeur

The New Grandeur and the third generation of the Mitsubishi Debonair were the products of a joint development between Hyundai and Mitsubishi Motors. Mitsubishi was responsible for the powertrain, and Hyundai was responsible for the body and trim design...

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