Kia August Global Vehicle Sales Rise 5% to 266,675 Units
Kia sold 266,675 vehicles globally in August, up 5.0% year-on-year. Total included 40,213 units in South Korea and 225,413 overseas, plus 1,049 special-purpose vehicles for the defense sector. Overseas sales rose 7.4%, while domestic sales fell 7.6%. Sportage, Seltos and Sorento led demand, and Kia cited fewer working days for the domestic decline.
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- Kia sets record US sales in August as Hyundai slips; green vehicle deliveries reach new highs (kedglobal.com)
- Kia Posts Record August U.S. Sales; Hyundai Slips 1.9% (finance.biggo.com)
- Kia's U.S. sales hit record high in August; Hyundai sales decline (en.yna.co.kr)
- Kia Global Sales Rise 5% in August to 266,675 Vehicles (en.sedaily.com)