Kia Motors Corporation has announced its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for August, recording a total of 224,988 units sold. This figure represents a 5.9 per cent year-on-year increase.
Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in Korea, China, North America and Europe of 21.6 per cent (39,000 units sold); 13.1 per cent (42,778 units sold); 3.1 per cent (59,527 units sold) and 1.4 per cent (41,545 units sold), respectively.
August sales in General Markets decreased by 3.8 per cent (42,138 units sold); cumulatively thus far in 2013, Kia’s global sales have increased by 2.9 per cent year-on-year to reach 1,840,786 units.
Kia’s bestselling model in overseas markets for the month of August was the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in China) with 36,587 units sold. The Sportage compact SUV was the second best seller with 30,237 units delivered, while the C-segment Cerato (known as ‘Forte’ or ‘K3’ in some markets), Optima D-segment sedan and Sorento mid-size CUV followed with 29,497, 23,125 and 18,127 units sold, respectively.