Kia to sell 278,058 units in March 2025..2.23 Year-on-year increase
Apr 01, 2025
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This is a 2.0% increase in Korea and a 2.2% increase in overseas compared to the same period last year.Sportage sold the most in the global market with 49,196 units, followed by Sorento with 25,942 units and Seltos with 25,790 units.
■ domestic sales
Kia sold 506 units in Korea in March 2025, up 2.0% year-on-year.Last month, the best-selling vehicle was the Sorento, which sold 10,155 units.
A total of 10,956 passenger cars were sold, including 4,584 Ray, 2,863 K5 and 2,704 K8 Rays.A total of 35,502 buses, including Sorento, 7,710 Carnival, 6,617 Sportage, and 5,351 Seltos, and 3,419 Commercial Bongo III, were sold.
■ overseas sales
Kia's overseas sales rose 2.2% year-on-year to 227,724 units in March 2025.
In terms of overseas performance by vehicle type, Sportage sold 42,579 units, becoming the highest-selling model abroad, followed by Seltos with 24,39 units and K3 (including K4) with 18,200 units.
■ Special Sale
Special vehicles sold a total of 328 units, including 99 in Korea and 229 abroad.
Kia recorded its largest sales performance in the first quarter of all time since it began selling cars in 1962.Kia sold 772,351 units, including 134,412 units in Korea, 637,051 units overseas and 888 units in special sales, from January to March this year.This represents a 1.6% increase from sales of 765,514 units in the first quarter of 2024.
The previous largest first-quarter sales were in 2014, selling 769,917 units, including 108,005 in Korea and 661,912 overseas. (The standard for shipping and wholesale sales will be introduced from 2017)
"Hybrid models of SUVs such as EV3, Sportage, and Sorento, which were released in the second half of last year, led to strong sales and recorded the largest sales performance in the first quarter ever," a Kia official said. "We will continue our sales momentum with competitive new cars such as EV4 and Tasman."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
