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Kia Motors Corporation announced on Monday its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales, and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs), and commercial vehicles for November 2015, recording a total of 260,003 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 1.0 percent.
A statement issued in Seoul, Korea said by region, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in Korea (50,031 units sold, a 12.4 percent year-on-year increase), China (71,625 units, a 10.3percent year-on-year increase) and North America (50,154 units sold, a 1.5percent year-on-year increase).
Cumulatively, through the first eleven months of 2015, Kia’s global sales increased by 2.0percent year-on-year and reached 2,707,352 units, the statement added, saying the Korean market experienced the highest gain with 474,170 units sold to date, representing a 13.7 percent increase. North America and China showed cumulative year-on-year sales increases of 5.8percent (635,889 units sold) and 1.3percent (616,831 units sold), respectively.
In November 2015, Kia’s best selling model in overseas markets was the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in China) with 44,484 units sold. Kia’s Sportage compact SUV and the C-segment Cerato (known as ‘K3’ or ‘Forte’ in some markets) followed closely with 38,138 and 32,485 units sold, respectively. The D-segment Optima sedan took fourth place with 26,324 units sold, while the Sorento completed the top five with 15,799 units sold.
