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Kia Motors Corporation, Friday, announced its August 2016 global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, saying it recorded a total of 224,533 units sold.
According to a statement issued in Seoul, the Korean capital, this figure represents a 4.8% year-on-year increase compared to the same month of 2015.
The statement said in August, the auto giants posted year-on-year sales increases in China (59.2% growth with 43,091 units sold), Western Europe (16.1% growth with 26,820 units sold) and general markets (3.3% growth with 42,555 units sold).
On the cumulative sales figure through the first eight months of 2016, the statement noted that Kia’s global sales totalled 1,938,113 units for a year-on-year increase of 3.0%. It added that Western Europe (293,371 units sold), Korea (358,160 units sold), North America (492,007 units sold) and China (376,530 units sold) experienced a 14.7%, 7.7% 3.8% and 1.2% rise in sales, respectively.
Moreover, Kia’s bestselling model in overseas markets during August 2016 was the Sportage compact CUV with 37,400 units sold, according to the statement. It disclosed that the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in China) was the second best seller with 33,762 units sold, while the C-segment Cerato (Known as ‘Forte’ or ‘K3’ in some markets), Optima midsized sedan and Soul urban crossover followed with 30,399, 19,804 and 16,635 units sold, respectively.
