Kia sold 269,148 units in May..Sorento is overwhelmingly in first place

Jun 03, 2025

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Kia sold 269,148 units in the global market in May 2025, up 1.7% year-on-year, including 45,003 units in Korea, 223,817 units overseas and 328 units of specials. (Based on Wholesale Sales)

Sorento Hybrid

Compared to the same period last year, the figure is down 2.4 percent in Korea and up 2.6 percent in foreign countries. (excluding special sales) Sportage sold the most in the global market with 48,091, followed by Seltos with 26,017 and Sorento with 21,889.




■ Domestic sales

Kia sold 45,003 units in Korea in May 2025, down 2.4 percent from a year earlier.Last month, the best-selling vehicle was the Sorento, with 7,734 units sold.A total of 12,664 passengers were sold, including 4,000 Ray, 3,028 K5 and 2,627 K82.

RV sold a total of 29,596 units, including Sorento, 6,651 Carnival, 5,295 Sportage, 4,257 Seltos, 1,866 EV3, and 1,348 Tasman.A total of 2,743 buses were sold, including 2,629 Bongo III.




■ overseas sales

Kia's overseas sales rose 2.6% year-on-year to 223,817 units in May 2025.In terms of overseas performance by vehicle type, Sportage sold 42,796 units, making it the highest-selling model abroad, followed by Seltos with 21,760 units and K3 (including K4) with 17,641.

■ Special Sale




Special vehicles sold a total of 328 units, including 122 in Korea and 206 abroad.

A Kia official said, "We are continuing our year-on-year sales growth for four consecutive months due to strong global eco-friendly car sales and successful launch of EV4 and Tasman. We will continue to grow sales by expanding our eco-friendly car lineup such as EV4 and Tasman exports."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.