Kia Motors has experienced a 49% year-over-year growth in its sales during April 2014 to 251,120 units.
The company's global sales figure includes passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for April 2014, recording a total of 251,120 units sold.
In April, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in China, North America and General Markets of 12.0% (54,298 units sold); 10.8% (61,084 units sold) and 4.9% (44,186 units sold), respectively.
Cumulatively, through the first four months of 2014, Kia's global sales have increased by 5.1% year-on-year to reach 938,345 units. China, North America, General Markets and Europe have experienced cumulative gains to date in 2014 of 12.7% (217,656 units sold), 6.4% (208,240 units sold), 3.4% (171,637 units sold) and 2.7% (193,802 units sold), respectively.
Kia's bestselling model in overseas markets for the month of April was the B-segment Rio (known as 'K2' in China) with 41,427 units sold. The C-segment Cerato (known as 'Forte' or 'K3' in some markets) was the second best seller with 39,067 units delivered, while the Sportage compact CUV, Optima D-segment sedan and Soul urban crossover followed with 35,003, 23,077 and 19,009 units sold, respectively.
