Kia Successfully Sells 260,000 Vehicle Units Globally In May 2024, What Are The Best-selling Models?

JAKARTA - Kia recently announced the results of its global sales in May 2024. This manufacturer from South Korea posted sales of 264,313 units in that period but decreased 2.1 percent from last year.

Of this number, 217,819 vehicles include sales outside Korea or a decrease of 0.6 percent from last year's acquisition. For the ginseng country market, they recorded 46,110 units, down 8.3 percent.

Launching from the brand's official website, Tuesday, June 4, the Sportage model leads sales and sold 52,669 units globally. Then, this was followed by Seltos with a total of 27,644 units.

Meanwhile, other SUV models such as Sorento are completing the top three on the list of Kia best-selling vehicles globally in May 2024 with a total of 22,610 units.

For the United States (US) market, this manufacturer based in Seoul, South Korea, obtained sales of up to 75,156 units with the sale of electric vehicles experiencing a significant increase.

In the last May period, the manufacturer managed to sell the environmentally friendly vehicles in Uncle Sam's country as many as 7,197 units, an increase of 127 percent, with 2,660 units of which were EV6 as its best-selling electric vehicle. Following EV6, EV9 models also received impressive results by reaching sales of 2,187 units.

Sales of electric vehicles from Kia have the potential to increase again because of their latest model, EV3 will be launched to the market in the second half of this year.

Meanwhile, the Sportage model is also the best-selling in the US market with 15,512 units sold successfully, followed by Forte with 13,132 units, and Telluride with 10,315 units.