Auto gross sales December 2021: Kia sees 34% drop in annual gross sales, annual gross sales at 2.27 lakh models mark

In December 2021, Kia India’s complete gross sales stood at 7,797 models, a decline of 34 per cent as in comparison with 11,818 models offered in December 2020. For the whole calendar 12 months, Kia recorded cumulative gross sales of two,27,844 models between January and December 2021.

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Kia India offered 7,797 models in December 2021 as in comparison with 11,818 models offered in December 2020

Kia India has launched the month-to-month gross sales quantity for December 2021, throughout which the corporate offered 7,797 models. Compared to 11,818 models offered throughout the identical month in 2020, the corporate witnessed a decline of 34 per cent. A significant motive for this decline in gross sales might be an absence of manufacturing attributable to a worldwide scarcity of semiconductor chips. For the total calendar 12 months, Kia recorded cumulative gross sales of two,27,844 models, which is a considerable enhance of 62 per cent as in comparison with 140,505 models offered in CY2020. Here, we have now to contemplate the truth that 2020 was plagued with challenges associated to COVID-19 and the corporate’s best-selling mannequin, the Sonet, was additionally not on sale in H1 2020. In CY2021, Kia India additionally shipped 46,261 models, which was a YoY. 23% progress in exports

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Commenting on the corporate’s gross sales efficiency, Tae-Jin Park, MD & CEO, Kia India, mentioned, “It provides us immense pleasure to see that Kia India continues to march forward strongly from supply-side points and price escalation in a 12 months. Growing uncooked materials. We have offered over 3.7 lakh models since coming into the Indian automotive market in August 2019, which is a outstanding achievement for a brand new entrant; Has exported to about 90 international locations around the globe.

Kia Seltos was the best-selling mannequin of the Korean carmaker in India in December 2021

Kia Seltos was the highest contributor with 4,012 models in December 2021, whereas Sonet and Carnival accounted for 3,578 and 207 models respectively. The firm is ranked among the many high 5 automobile producers within the nation with a market share of 6 per cent within the home market. For the whole calendar 12 months, Kia offered 98,168 models of Seltos, 4,178 models of Carnival and 79,309 models of Sonet between January and December 2021.

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Kia is gearing as much as launch its fourth product, the Cairns three-row automobile, for the Indian market

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Also, since its arrival in India in August 2019, Kia India has offered 4.5 lakh models, out of which 3.7 lakh automobiles have been offered within the home market, and round 80,000 models have been exported from India. Right now, Kia is gearing as much as launch its fourth product for the Indian market, the Carence three-row automobile, which relies on the identical platform because the Seltos. We count on the brand new MPV to reach in February 2021.

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