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Kia Motors America Announces 12th Consecutive Year of Record Sales


January 2006
 Filed under: KIA Car News | KIA Headlines
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced a record twelfth consecutive year of sales increases. Year-to-date sales for the company in 2005 totaled 275,851 units, 2.1-percent ahead of the record sales pace set in 2004. Both the Kia Spectra and Kia Sedona models sold more than 50,000 units in 2005, totaling 56,088 and 52,837 units respectively. December sales for KMA totaled 18,767, the second best for the same period in the last twelve years.
"Kia's continued sales growth over the last twelve years illustrates that we're a company on the move," said Len Hunt, executive vice president and COO of KMA. "And with the launches of the all-new 2006 Sedona and 2006.5 Optima just around the corner, more consumers will discover that our products are exciting and enabling as well as a great value."

Kia Motors America is the sales, marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corp. in Seoul, South Korea. For more information, including photography, visit www.kiamedia.com.

MONTH OF DECEMBER YEAR-TO-DATE Model 2005 2004 2005 2004 Optima 998 5,428 41,349 53,492 Rio 2,776 1,609 30,290 38,518 Sedona 3,861 3,741 52,837 61,149 Spectra 2,916 2,878 56,088 44,004 Sportage 2,681 56 29,009 120 Sorento 2,970 4,362 47,610 52,878 Amanti 2,565 2,034 18,668 19,894 Total 18,767 20,108 275,851 270,055 TOTAL U.S. SALES OF KIA VEHICLES 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 January 605 1,227 1,508 2,624 7,197 9,461 February 626 1,053 1,887 2,529 6,196 6,703 March 638 1,309 2,197 3,093 6,082 11,400 April 714 1,256 2,300 3,541 5,530 10,606 May 1,010 1,907 3,481 4,917 6,301 12,795 June 1,053 1,665 4,401 3,992 9,215 13,593 July 1,106 2,662 3,241 5,024 10,095 13,136 August 1,368 2,881 4,229 6,321 8,016 13,138 September 1,528 2,729 3,780 7,123 7,355 11,846 October 1,207 2,437 3,797 5,913 8,634 10,641 November 1,156 2,640 3,174 5,317 4,730 11,820 December 1,152 2,974 2,279 4,931 3,542 9,455 Total 12,163 24,740 36,274 55,325 82,893 134,594 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 January 8,143 12,513 16,574 18,524 17,029 17,154 February 11,392 12,665 17,509 17,769 18,586 20,454 March 12,729 19,159 21,478 21,353 23,769 25,722 April 12,422 16,060 20,366 19,542 23,438 27,158 May 13,709 20,048 22,790 22,007 25,443 25,503 June 16,140 21,188 22,498 20,311 27,636 27,095 July 12,300 19,405 23,061 24,009 23,637 26,052 August 16,454 23,276 23,564 24,758 21,132 23,820 September 16,438 20,585 18,179 19,269 23,001 23,404 October 13,726 24,523 17,960 15,181 22,973 20,631 November 12,643 16,940 18,741 16,173 23,303 20,091 December 14,510 17,365 14,625 18,575 20,108 18,767 Total 160,606 223,727 237,345 237,471 270,055 275,851

Source: Kia Motors America

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