Kia US Sales Figures – May 2007

Kia Motors America announces best May sales ever!

Kia of USA today announced it has achieved the best May sales ever with the number of new cars and SUVs totaling 28.494 units.

The number represents an impressive 7.5-percent increase over the sales numbers achieved in the same period last year.

Year-to-date Kia car sales totaled 128.104 units, representing a 7.5-percent increase over the same period of last year.

Sales for the month were led by the C-segment Kia Spectra sedan and hatchback with 8.512 units sold.

The Sportage compact SUV and Rio sub-compact sedan also achieved their best months of the year in May 2007 with sales of 4.678 units and 3.479 units, respectively.

The latest model introduced in the Kia line-up, the Rondo crossover, followed the trio with its best month of the year. More than 1.754 units of Rondo were sold in May.

Kia Staff commenting May sales figures

Len Hunt, executive vice president and COO of KMA said: “Once again our increasing sales, led by our award-winning pillar models, Spectra and Sportage, have yielded another best month ever.

“By staying true to our core promise of producing value-, safety- and quality-minded vehicles, and bringing new, design-oriented product to market in the near future, we are on pace for another consecutive record sales year.” added Hunt.

Kia sales numbers for the month of May 2007

MONTH OF MAY              YEAR-TO-DATE
Model                     2007         2006        2007          2006

Rio                         3,479        1,697       13,067       11,423
Spectra                  8,512        8,474       30,208       28,541
Optima                   3,712        4,761       17,675       15,272
Amanti                       748          493        4,014        2,805
Sportage                4,678        2,545       20,088       15,048
Sorento                  3,111        3,899       16,073       19,831
Sedona                   2,500        4,625       21,122       26,215
Rondo                     1,754          N/A        5,857          N/A

Total                   28,494       26,494      128,104      119,135

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