The start of this new year 2023 is an opportunity for manufacturers to take stock of their sales for 2022: during this period, Kia recorded a growth of 4.5%, with 46,226 registrations is carried out It’s just best sales result in the history of a Korean manufacturer in France.
“Our internal indicators show that in 2022, the Kia brand has reached a new dimension, thanks to both the general public and professionals, both in terms of image and recognition. Our success in France does not end there, because despite our sales and market share records, we are unable to deliver our customers’ orders. But this year, with a gradual return to normal production, we will be able to reach the historic threshold, which has never been reached before, of 50,000 registrations.Mark Hedrich, president of Kia France, said on this occasion.
Kia in 2022: a record year
2022 was an opportunity for Kia to set several records: market share Korean really reached 3% in 2022compared to a 2.7% market share in 2021. Indicators increased for 7thousand year in a row in France.
new Kia Sportage is in 2022 bestseller sales from Kia in France with 13,480 registrations, setting a new record since 2018 when the compact SUV sold 10,792 units. Now the Korean manufacturer is among the TOP-10 automakers on the French market.
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Kia: now the majority of electrification
with 12 electrified models in its catalog, Kia offers one of the widest electrified universal offers on the market: in detail, there are 4 100% electric cars (Niro EV, e-Soul, EV6, EV6 GT), 3 hybrid models (Sportage hybrid, Niro hybrid). and Sorento hybrid) and 5 plug-in hybrids (Sportage plug-in hybrid, Niro plug-in hybrid, XCeed plug-in hybrid, Ceed SW plug-in hybrid and Sorento plug-in hybrid). In 2022, these electrified models were presented 54.5% share of total sales brand with a total of 24,712 registrations.
The 100% electric cars Kia is represented 16.2% of the total volume sales, with the Kia e-Soul (472 registrations), the EV6 (3,032 registrations) and the Kia Niro EV (3,979 registrations).
After multiple launches in 2022, the Korean automaker is preparing to launch the Kia EV9 in the second half of 2023, a large family SUV based on the E-GMP platform that also powers the Kia EV6.
Kia models of 2022 year of registration
Here is the detailed volume of delivered Kia models for the entire year 2022:
- Kia Sportage: 13,480 registrations
- Kia Niro: 7,582 registrations
- Kia Ceed: 6,829 registrations
- Kia Picanto: 4909 registrations
- Kia Stonic: 4863 registrations
- Kia Rio: 4377 registrations
- Kia EV6: 3032 registrations
- Kia Sorento: 681 registrations
- Kia e-Soul: 472 registrations
- Kia Stinger: 1 registration)
Source: Auto Plus
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