Kia Corp. introduced on Nov. 3 that it bought a complete of 263,904 automobiles in October, with 40,344 models within the home market and 223,560 models abroad.
In comparison with the identical month final yr, home gross sales decreased by 13.1%, whereas abroad gross sales elevated by 2.1%. In consequence, complete gross sales quantity decreased by 0.5%.
By mannequin, the Sportage was the best-selling automobile throughout home and worldwide markets with 47,341 models bought. It was adopted by the Seltos with 25,406 models and the Sorento with 21,824 models.
Within the home market, the Sorento turned the best-selling mannequin with 6,788 models bought. Amongst passenger automotive fashions, the Ray (3,382 models), K5 (3,045 models), and K8 (2,129 models) adopted so as. The whole gross sales quantity for passenger automobiles was 11,319 models.
For Leisure Car (RV) fashions, a complete of 23,926 models had been bought, together with the Sorento, Carnival (4,515 models), Sportage (4,055 models), Seltos (3,365 models), and EV3 (1,423 models). Business automobile gross sales totaled 4,756 models, together with the Bongo III (2,847 models).
In abroad markets, the Sportage was the best-selling mannequin with 43,286 models, adopted by the Seltos with 22,041 models and the Sonet with 21,162 models.
A Kia consultant stated, “Whereas home market gross sales decreased as a consequence of fewer enterprise days through the Chuseok vacation, abroad markets proceed to point out gross sales development.” He added, “We’ll keep gross sales momentum by specializing in eco-friendly automobiles, together with SUV hybrid fashions and devoted electrical automobile lineups.”
