The Kia Challenge is a viral TikTok trend to which a series of motor vehicle thefts is attributed, targeting Kia and Hyundai vehicles in the United States manufactured between 2011 and 2021. The trend, which began in October 2022, has led to eight fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .

2023年6月21日 · In late 2021, the “Kia Boys” began going viral on TikTok. They were participating in a social media challenge that involved stealing Kias and Hyundais using a specific method and posting the...

2023年6月8日 · A loose collective of teenage car thieves calling themselves Kia Boys have stolen tens of thousands of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, often posting the results on YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok.

1 天前 · There's no way the Kia Boys continue to steal Kias and Hyundais in 2025. Unfortunately, it feels like it's 2021 again, as police in Newton, Iowa, have recently released a warning to tell citizens ...

1 天前 · Jones agreed, however, that the “ Kia Boyz” should face firm consequences. Responding to Jones, Lowery remembered a recent incident where police arrested four “ Kia Boyz.” “ Two were 13, one was 15, one was 17,” Lowery said. “ Three of the four had guns” — the 15-year-old and the two 13-year-olds, he said.

2024年8月17日 · It turned out that a teenager had stolen my car in the middle of the night using a method popularized on TikTok called the "Kia Challenge." The resulting joyride caused approximately $10,000 in...

2024年10月22日 · It shows what happens when weird social media and car culture collide in all the wrong ways. The story of the Kia Boyz (sic), the online attention-seekers turned accidental whistleblowers against...

2024年4月26日 · CONNECTICUT, USA — For years, a trend has circulated on social media, where groups of people who call themselves “Kia Boyz” are videotaping the theft of Kias and Hyundais across the country. At...

3 天之前 · Alder Honda Smith, who represents Ward 30 in West Hills, concurred with the proposal to teach car repair to “Kia Boyz” — adolescents who have gone viral online for stealing vehicles. Although auto theft rates have declined in New Haven in the past year, the Kia Boyz phenomenon has remained a priority for the city’s police department.

2024年9月19日 · The task force — which will also include Southern Connecticut State University’s police and other New Haven County police departments — plans to crack down on a juvenile car thief group dubbed the Connecticut Kia Boyz, according to NHPD officer Christian Bruckhart.