beat them to market in the UK though and was the first 5 door of its size on sale in the UK iirc.
I think OPs point is that the 3 cars mentioned are all the same car, with different badges. They are even built in the same facory. What does the Kia have to do with that? Same car again?
Now that's proper badge engineering. The sort where you could change the identity of the car with a screwdriver and some stickers and about 20 minutes alone with the thing.