USA: Kia Continues Sales Growth; Year-to-Date Sales Up 17 percent

Kia sold 13,726 vehicles in October, a 28 percent increase from October 1999, while year-to-date sales of 133,453 units are 17 percent ahead of last year’s sales.

The Sportage sport-utility vehicle accounted for 4,249 units in October, a 16 percent increase from last year. The Rio, Kia’s newest model, which debuted in August, totaled 3,536 sales — a 21-percent increase from September.

Kia Motors America is the U.S. sales, marketing and service arm of Kia Motors Corp. in Seoul, South Korea.

 
                                 MONTH OF OCTOBER          YEAR-TO-DATE
 
     Model                       2000        1999        2000        1999
     Rio                         3,536         n/a      10,421         n/a
     Sephia                      4,080       6,716      60,057      70,551
     Spectra                     1,598         n/a       9,226         n/a
     Sportage                    4,249       3,643      50,184      38,436
     Sportage 2-Door
      Convertible                  263         282       3,565       4,332
     Total                      13,726      11,846     133,453     113,319
 
 

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