Private company

Kwang Yang Motor

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Taiwanese motorcycle manufacturer

Kymco (an acronym for Kwang Yang Motor Co, Ltd (Chinese: 光陽工業; pinyin: Guāngyáng Gōngyè)) (stylized as KYMCO) is a Taiwanese motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With approximately 3000 employees, Kymco produces over 570,000 vehicles annually at its factory in Kaohsiung. The company also has production facilities in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, PR China and Turkey.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1963Founded¹

Industryautomotive industry¹
Headquarters高雄市¹
Founded in高雄市¹
Websitewww.kymco.com
Legal formjoint-stock company¹
Slogan“Better than Best”¹

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The story

The company was founded in 1963. KYMCO originally made parts for Honda. The company built its first complete scooter in 1970 and began marketing under the "KYMCO" brand name in 1992. In the 2000s, Kymco became the largest scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, and the fifth largest scooter manufacturer worldwide. In early 2008, KYMCO was chosen by BMW to supply the engines for their G450 X Enduro bike. The optional range extender in the BMW i3 is also supplied by Kymco. In late 2013, Kawasaki announced that their new J300 scooter is manufactured in partnership with Kymco. It is based on a Kymco Downtown 300i.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kymco, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Products and brands

Products

Scooters

150XLS

Activ 50/125

Agility 50/125

Agility City A/C 125/150/200

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Agility 16+ 300I

KB 50

CV 3 550i

AK550

Bet & Win 50/125/150/250 (also known as Ego)

Caro 100

Cherry 50/100

Cobra Cross 50

Cobra Racer 50/100

Compagno 110i

Dink 50 A/C

Dink L/C

Dink/Yager 125

Dink 150/200

DJ 50 S

Downtown 125i/200i/250i/300i/350i

Nikita 300/125 (known as Downtown in the U.S., Canada and Europe)

Easy 100 (also known as Free LX 100/110)

Ego 125

Espresso 150

Famous 110

Filly 50LX

Grand Dink (known as Grand Vista in the U.S. and the Frost in Canada) 125/150/250

Heroism 125/150-豪邁

Jockey 125

Like 50/125/200i/200i XL/125 EV

Miler 125

Movie 50

Movie XL 125/150

MyRoad 700i

New Sento 110cc

People 50

People S 50

People 125

People S 125

People 150

People S 200

People S 200 i

People 250

People S 250

People S 250i

People S 300i >2008

People GT 200i/300i

People One 125i

Sento 50

Sento 100

Sooner 100

Super 8 125/150

Super 9

Top Boy 50 On/Off Road

V-Link

Vitality 50 (2 stroke and 4 stroke models)

Vivio 125

VJR 125

Xciting 250/300/300 Ri/400I/500/500 Ri

X-Town 300i

Yager 125

Yager GT 125

Yager GT 200i

Yup 50/250

ZX 50

Skytown 125/150

i-One Air

i-One Fly

Agility Carry EV

iOneX Super 6

iOneX Super 7

S7R

MiCare 125

i-One

i-One DX

Many 110 EV

Nice 100 EV

Like 125 EV

Motorcycles

Activ 110/125

Axr 110

Cruiser 125

CK1 125

Grand King 125/150

Hipster 125 2V

Hipster 125 4V (H/Bar and L/Bar)

Hipster 150

Jetix 50/125

KTR/KCR 125/150

K-Pipe 50/125

Kargador 150

Pulsar/CK 125

Pulsar Luxe 125

Pulsar S 125

Quannon (known as KR Sport in the U.S.)

Kymco Quannon 125/150/150 Fi

Kymco Quannon Naked 125

Spade 150

Spike 125

Stryker 750 (on- and off-road)

Stryker 550 (on- and off-road)

Visa R110

VSR 125i

Venox 250

Venox 1000i

Zing 125/150

iOneX Super 9

ATVs

KXR 50/90

KXR 250 (on-road)

Maxxer 300 450i

Mongoose KXR250

MXer 50

MXer 125

MXer 125 (on-road)

MXer 150

MXer 150 (on-road)

MXU 50/150/250/300/400/500/500i IRS

MXU 450i/550i/700i

UXV 450i/500i/700i

UTVs

UXV 450i

UXV 700i EPS

UXV 700i EPS LE

Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS)

This model enables users to rent Ionex batteries, reducing concerns about battery ownership and health. When batteries degrade, they can be recycled and replaced with new ones, which lowers upfront costs for consumers.