Kia Motors global sales up 3.7% in October
Kia Motors Corporation announced today its October 2015
global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas
plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial
vehicles, recording a total of 251,439 units
sold for a
year-on-year increase of 3.7%.
In October, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in North America (10.6%
growth with 56,061 units sold) and domestic Korean market (25.9%
growth with 46,605 units sold).
Cumulatively through the first
ten months of 2015, Kia’s global sales totalled 2,377,284 units for a 0.9% year-on-year
decrease. Korea (424,139 units sold) and North America (585,735 units sold)
have seen a 13.8% and 6.1% rise in sales, respectively, through October 2015.
Kia's bestselling model in overseas markets during October 2015 was
the B-segment Rio
(known as 'K2' in China) with 41,318 units
sold. The Sportage compact CUV was
the second best seller with 34,924 units
sold, while the C-segment Cerato (known as 'Forte' or ‘K3’ in some markets), Optima
D-segment sedan and Soul urban crossover followed
with 31,152, 25,766 and 17,845 units sold, respectively.
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