Kia Motors - Best year ever

Kia Motors Europe
recorded its best-ever full year sales in 2015, according to the latest data
from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association).
Europe
With 384,790 units sold in 2015, Kia’s full-year sales
figures represent year-on-year growth of 8.8%, increasing from 353,719 units in
2014. The Korean brand has now recorded rising sales every year in Europe since
2008.
Kia Motors Europe had already achieved sales of more than
200,000 in the first half of 2015 for the first time in the company’s history.
In addition to this, Kia Motors UK continues to hold the
biggest market share in Europe, as well as one of the top five worldwide. At
the end of 2015, KMUK achieved total sales of 78,489 units, making up 20.4% of
the total European figure.
Sportage
The Kia Sportage compact
SUV – the brand’s bestselling model in Europe – continued to post record sales
throughout 2015, enjoying the best-ever 12-month period in the model’s history
in the region. Sales of the Sportage, which is due to be replaced by the
fourth-generation Sportage early in 2016, rose by 8.0% to 105,317 units in 2015
– the first time Kia Motors Europe has sold more than 100,000 Sportage models
in a year. The Kia Sportage is manufactured at the company’s production
facility in Žilina, Slovakia.
Sorento
The Kia Sorento SUV also
proved increasingly popular with European buyers, with 14,183 sold in 2015,
more than any other year in which the Sorento has been on sale.
Every model in Kia’s European line-up is sold with the brand’s unique seven year, 100,000 mile warranty.