Australia became Kia’s sixth largest market in July following continuing local growth for the Korean car maker.


The USA is Kia’s biggest market in the world, followed by Canada, Germany, Spain and Italy. Australia is next with over 1,000 sales a month.


Kia’s top selling model world wide is the Rio, which added 11,324 sales to its account in July, followed by the Carnival/Sedona with sales of 8,756. The Sportage SUV is third with 5,999 new owners worldwide in July.