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FINANCIAL -- Kia Motors Corporation
announced on June 8 its May 2015 global sales figures (export sales,
domestic sales and sales
from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and
commercial vehicles, recording a total of 252,770 units sold.
In May,
Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in the
domestic Korean market (10.4% growth with 40,010 units sold) and North America
(2.6% growth with 69,886 units sold).
Cumulatively
through the first five months of 2015, Kia's global sales totalled 1,196,073 units
for a 0.0% year-on-year change. Korea (197,572 units sold), North America
(285,988 units sold) and China (274,752 units sold) have seen a 7.8%, 3.5% and
0.9% rise in sales,
respectively, according to Kia
Motors.
Kia's bestselling model in
overseas markets during May 2015 was the B-segment Rio (known as 'K2' in China)
with 39,365 units sold. The C-segment Cerato (known as 'Forte' or 'K3' in some
markets) was the second best seller with 33,513 units sold, while the Sportage
compact CUV, Optima D-segment sedan and Soul urban crossover followed with
33,205, 30,226 and 17,690 units sold, respectively.
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