- 244,547Kia vehicles sold globally inSeptemberfor 4.8% year-on-year gain
- Septembersales in China, Korea and North America post year-on-year sales growth of 27.3%, 20.2%and 3.5% respectively
- Kia’s bestselling model in overseas markets for month of SeptemberwasB-segment Rio (K2) with 40,229 units sold
Dubai, UAE October 12, 2014- 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 forSeptember2014, recording a total of 244,547units sold. This figure represents a 4.8%year-on-year increase. In September, Kia postedyear-on-year sales increasesin China, Korea andNorth America of 27.3% (60,908 units sold), 20.2% (38,605 units sold) and 3.5% (46,411 units sold), respectively. Cumulatively, through the first nine months of 2014, Kia’s global sales have increased by 3.9% year-on-year, reaching 2,155,516 units. China, North America andGeneral Markets* have experienced cumulative gains to date in 2014 of 14.8% (485,210 units sold),5.5% (501,202 units sold) and 0.1% (391,978 units sold), respectively. Kia’s bestselling model in overseas markets for the month of September was the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in China) with 40,229 units sold. TheC-segment Cerato (known as ‘Forte’ or ‘K3’ in some markets) was the second bestseller with 36,046 units delivered, while theSportage compact CUV, OptimaD-segmentsedanandSoul urban crossover followed with 35,622, 24,425 and 16,002units sold, respectively.
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