Kia Motors overseas sales rise 27.3% in July

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2005-08-01 17:17

Seoul--(뉴스와이어)--Kia Motors Corporation announced today that its overseas retail sales of passenger cars and light trucks in July 2005 recorded 73,215 units, representing a 27.3% year-on-year increase. Meanwhile, exports for the July increased to 75,041 units, marking a 44.8% rise over the same month from last year.

Through January through July of this year, Kia has seen its overseas retail sales jump to 476,406 units with 528,166 vehicles exported. This represents a year-on-year increase of 29.6% in sales and 29.8% in exports.

By region, sales in July 2005 grew by 45.5% in Europe, 35.2% in the general market, and 10.2% in North America compared to the same time last year.

Kia’s performance in overseas markets can be attributed to strong sales of the recently introduced new Sportage SUV as well as continued robust sales of the C-segment Cerato (also known as the ‘Spectra’), Sorento SUV, and A-segment Picanto. The Carnival (also known as ‘Sedona’) minivan has also seen a steady increase in sales, particularly due to its award-winning safety features, in North America.

According to Yong-Hwan Kim, Senior Executive Vice President and COO of Kia Motors Corporation, “Sales performance through the first seven months of this year show that we are well on target to meet our annual goal, particularly with impressive sales of the Picanto, Cerato, and Sportage. With the introduction of the all-new Rio, new Carnival as well as the new Magentis (also known as ‘Optima’), I am very confident that we will be able to maintain our growing sales momentum during the second half of 2005.”

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