Factory build sheet
2019 Hyundai Kona Ultimate
Build KM8K53AG-K · Electric · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read KM8K53AG and position 10 reads K. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Kona whose VIN starts KM8K53AG and carries K in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 359 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 359 known VINs
- 4 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Hyundai with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Engine model
- HMC Battery + Traction Motor
- Fuel type
- Electric
- Electrification
- Battery electric
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- 4x2
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 1
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 5
- Seat rows
- 2
- Manufacturer
- HYUNDAI MOTOR CO
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1C
- GVWR
- 4,001–5,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
Driver assistance, as built
- Forward collision warning Standard
- Crash imminent braking Standard
- Lane departure warning Standard
- Lane keeping assistance Standard
- Adaptive cruise control Standard
- Blind spot warning Standard
Systems the filing does not record are not listed above. Check the window sticker of the exact car before you rely on any single feature.
The same build, other model years
Hyundai used the VIN pattern KM8K53AG for 5 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2019 You are here code K
- 2020 Ultimate Electric Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 682 vehicles code L $16,488
- 2021 Ultimate Electric Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,853 vehicles code M $18,798
- 2022 Limited Electric Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 752 vehicles code N $20,587
- 2023 Limited Electric Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,175 vehicles code P $22,500
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | KM8 | HYUNDAI MOTOR CO · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | K53AG | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | K | Model year — 2019 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2019 Hyundai Kona as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
1 recall campaign is recorded for the 2019 Kona. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
359 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to KM8K53AG-K shares the specification above.
- 359 Known VINs
- 4 Listed for sale now
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Kona, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2019 Ultimate 1.6L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 1,826 vehicles · $17,294 median
- 2019 SEL 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,288 vehicles · $14,950 median
- 2019 SEL 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 1,196 vehicles · $15,973 median
- 2020 SE 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 2,807 vehicles · $13,900 median
- 2020 SEL 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 4,090 vehicles · $15,998 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 359 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.