Kia Motors posts
3.1% global sales growth in October
228,146 Kia vehicles
sold in October for 3.1% year-on-year growth
Kia
Carens
SEOUL – Kia Motors
Corporation announced today its global sales figures (export sales,
domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars,
recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for October 2012,
recording a total of 228,146 units sold. This figure represents a
year-on-year increase of 3.1%.
In October, Kia posted
a year-on-year sales increases of 14.0% in North America (48,880 units
sold) and 7.4% in Europe* (49,168 units sold). Meanwhile, October sales
in general markets*, Korea and China decreased by 1.5% (41,989 units
sold); 1.7% (40,600 units sold); and 2.6% (47,509 units sold)
respectively.
Cumulatively through
the first ten months of 2012, Kia’s global sales have increased by 10.7%
year-on-year to reach 2,262,933 units. Europe, North America and China
have experienced the highest cumulative gains to date in 2012 of 22.0%
(482,335 units sold), 18.1% (545,487 units sold), and 10.4% (403,656
units sold), respectively.
Kia’s best selling model in overseas
markets for the month of October was the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in
China) with 37,618 units sold. The Sportage compact CUV was the second
best seller with 32,013 units delivered, while the C-segment Cerato
(known as ‘Forte’ in some markets), D-segment Optima sedan and Sorento
mid-size CUV followed with 30,885; 21,932; and 18,424 units sold,
respectively.
