Kia posts 8.1% global sales growth in November

SEOUL, Korea – Kia Motors Corporation announced early this week its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for November 2014, recording a total of 257,487 units sold. This figure represents an 8.1-percent year-on-year increase.

In November, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in China, Korea, General Markets, which include the regions of Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia (excluding China and Korea), the Pacific, Middle East and Africa and Eastern and Western Europe of 16.2 percent (64,915 units sold), 14.2 percent (44,500 units sold), 7.7 percent (46,580 units sold) and 5.9 percent (52,096 units sold), respectively.

Cumulatively, through the first eleven months of 2014, Kia’s global sales have increased by 4.6 percent year-on-year, reaching 2,655,365 units. China, North America and General Markets have experienced cumulative gains to date in 2014 of 15.7 percent (609,085 units sold), 5.3 percent (601,302 units sold) and 1.4 percent (482,996 units sold), respectively.

Kia’s bestselling model in overseas markets for the month of November was the B-segment Rio with 46,106 units sold. The Sportage compact SUV was the second bestseller with 37,296 units delivered, while the C-segment Cerato (known as ‘Forte’ or ‘K3’ in some markets), Optima D-segment sedan and Sorento SUV followed with 35,945, 28,712 and 15,945 units sold, respectively.