Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Kia on the up!

Kia motors have recorded a year on year increase of 18.5 per cent across the globe for February.

Kia has sold 169,727 units, which include passenger cars and recreational vehicles and commercials.

February, Kia reported a sales increase in all regions of the world.  35.6% in the USA, 18.6% in Europe, 17.5% in Korea, 15.3% in other markets with China completing the line up of 5.4%

All together, Kia’s first two months of 2011 have increased by 18.9%.
The best selling model for the overseas market for February was the C-segment Cerato aka “Forte” in other markets with a staggering 30,668 units sold.

The Sportage compact CUV and the Kia B-segmented Rio followed suit with 22,275 and 15,851 units sold.  The Sorento CUV came in forth with 14,460 units sold and the urban crossover “Soul” completed the top five with 12,722 units sold.

The COO & Senior Vice President of Kia, Thomas Oh said: “Although the global auto market outlook for 2011 appears uncertain due to rising oil prices, we at Kia are confident that our completely redesigned and re-engineered A-segment Picanto and B-segment Rio, which premiered last week at the Geneva Motor Show, will enable us to maintain strong positive growth in all regions thanks to their distinctively stylish new designs and fuel efficient power trains.”

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