Kia UK Gets Best January Sales in History

Kia not only registered a great 2009 in the US, but also has a great start in 2010. The Korean manufacturer has just recorded its best-ever January sales in the UK, delivering 5030 cars to their customers. This means that their sales are more than 200% up compared to the same month last year.

The big sales boost in January helped Kia’s market share reach 3.47%, up from 1.52% in 2009. This allowed Kia to enter UK’s Top Ten retail brands and boosted the Picanto city car in third place of the A segment retail Top Ten.

Michael Cole, Managing Director, said: “Only a month ago we were celebrating hitting a record sales total for Kia in 2009 of more than 50,000 units and we have continued that form into 2010.

“I believe this shows that the brand is strengthening its position amongst retail buyers and even with the excellent support for the trade from the scrappage incentive it shows how strong our product appeal is to private motorists. Now with a seven year warranty right across our range, the launch of our stylish new Venga and an all-new flagship Sorento, I am convinced we will maintain that performance in 2010.

“Of course the market will get a lot tougher once the scrappage scheme ends shortly, but Kia dealers are poised to build on our growing reputation as a provider of stylish, safe and thoroughly reliable products and we will be looking to grow our market share this year,” he added.