Kia has claimed to be the fastest company to sell a million cars in the USA, hitting the one million mark in just nine years to beat Toyota, the previous record holder, by four years.
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The millionth Kia in the US was a Carnival (Sedona) minivan sold to a California man.
Kia products first arrived in America with Ford Festiva badges and were not sold under their makers’ name until 1994.
Kia Motors America has set a sales target of 265,000 for 2003- up more than 11% on 2002 – and expects to reach its second million in about four years.
