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Kia global sales powering along
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17th November, 2009
 Kia
Motors Corporation has announced its global sales figures for passenger cars
(export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational
vehicles (RVs), and commercial vehicles for October 2009, recording a total
of 148,583 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of
34.6%.
Cumulatively, through the first ten months of 2009, Kia's
global sales increased by 13.9% year-on-year and reached 1,336,378 units.
The Chinese market experienced the highest gain with 191,765 units sold to
date, representing a 54.8% increase. Korea, general markets, and North
America showed cumulative year-on-year sales increases of 24.6% (327,542
units sold), 12.6% (243,530 units sold) and 8.8% (301,069 units sold),
respectively.
To date in 2009, Kia's best selling model in overseas
markets has been the C-segment Cerato with 237,402 units sold. Kia's
B-segment Rio and Sportage compact SUV compete closely for second with
141,929 and 141,564 units sold, respectively. The C-segment cee'd comes
fourth with 102,963 units sold, and the Picanto rounds up the top five with
84,761 units sold.
In terms of vehicle category sold overseas, Kia's
passenger and recreational vehicles achieved year-on-year increases in
October of 53.2% (73,037 units) and 40.9% (36,621 units), respectively.
Hyoung-Keun Lee, President of Kia Motors Corporation, said, "We are
thrilled to that October proved to be another successful month for Kia. We
will continue to build on this momentum by providing customers with vehicles
for the young-at-heart, which are both stylish and fuel efficient."
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