Kia Motors Corporation announced today its June 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 241,275 units sold.
In June, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in the domestic Korean market (26.8% growth with 45,010 units sold) and North America (4.7% growth with 60,749 units sold).
Cumulatively through the first six months of 2015, Kia’s global sales totalled 1,437,348 units for a -0.4% year-on-year decrease. Korea (242,582 units sold) and North America (346,737 units sold) have seen a 10.9% and 3.7% rise in sales, respectively, the first half of 2015.
Kia’s bestselling model in overseas markets during June 2015 was the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in China) with 39,315 units sold. The Sportage compact CUV was the second best seller with 31,666 units sold, while the C-segment Cerato (known as ‘Forte’ or ‘K3’ in some markets), Optima D-segment sedan and Soul urban crossover followed with 25,856, 23,056 and 17,070 units sold, respectively.
