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Kia Motors America announces December 2008 sales
Kia Motors America announced it’s sales for the month of December. As expected, sales has gone down sharply and the numbers are not that pretty. Last month, sales at Kia has been down 39 percent from a year earlier.
In December 2008, Kia sold 14,644 vehicles, down from 24,016 units sold in 2007. Kia’s 39 percent decline shows that company’s popular fuel-efficient models were little help as consumers steered clear of showrooms due to the dismal economy.
December sales were led by Sorento posting an 88.7-percent increase over the same period last year with sales topping at 3,087 units. Sorento was also the only Kia that improved it’s sales over the previous December (2007). Sorento was followed by Spectra and Sportage SUV with sales of 2,720 and 2,182 respectively.
Kia Motors America also reported a 2008 sales volume of 273,397 vehicles, down 10,5 percent, compared to 305,473 vehicles in 2007.
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DAMN! 2008 sales SUCKED!
not so in Canada, December was down 12.6%, but on the year they were up 7.8%, with a 2.3% market share
I am impressed actually, that it didn’t drop by 35% like other companies have on average.
I wonder what the sales figures for Australia would be? Are these figures available anywhere on the web?
my father is 65. he owns a kia that will not start. he has been to the dealership, change $2200 worth of parts, and is very disgusted with it. the kia has sat, not running for over a year. he needs some serious help but no one knows what to do. is there anything you can do????