Tuesday, May 20, 2008

24.7% increase in April in global sales for Kia Motors




Kia Motors announced that its global sales(export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) of passenger cars, recreation vehicles(RVs) and commercial vehicles in April 2008 recorded 129,477 units, representing a 24.7% year-on-year increase.By region, Kia posted large year-on-year sales increases in general markets (21,130 units sold, a 35.3% year-on-year increase) and Korea (27,413 units sold, a 29.3% year-on-year increase). Sales of Kia vehicles in China, Europe and North America also showed strong growth with 13,045 units (24.7% year-on-year increase), 34,104 units (25.3% year-on-year increase) and 33,785 units (15.2 % year-on year increase) sold, respectively.Cumulatively through the first four months of 2008, Kia's global sales increased by 15.5% year-on-year and reached 460,364 units. General markets have experienced the largest gain, selling 73,529 units to date representing a 32.9% increase, while the China and Europe markets have showed cumulative year-on-year sales growth of 24.7% (52,543 units sold) and 19.4% (123,309 units sold), respectively. The Korea market has also shown a cumulative year-on-year sales increase of 14.9% (101,824 units sold).Read more at AvingNews.

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