Kia Motors America Announces June 2006 Sales

IRVINE, Calif., July 3 -- Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced June sales of 27,443 units, a 1.3-percent increase over the same period last year and a 3.6-percent increase over the previous month. Year-to-date sales for Kia totaled 146,578 units, a 2.4-percent improvement over the record-setting sales pace in 2005.

"It's nice to see we're on track to set yet another record sales year," said Len Hunt, executive vice president and COO of KMA. "We expect much of the same as we enter the typically high-selling summer months."

Kia June sales were led by the Spectra, Sorento and Amanti, at 7,532, 5,147 and 2,533 units respectively.

Kia Motors America is the sales, marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corp. in Seoul, South Korea. For more information, including photography, visit www.kiamedia.com.

                              MONTH OF JUNE             YEAR-TO-DATE
  Model                     2006         2005         2006         2005

  Rio                      1,676        3,538       13,099       17,095
  Spectra                  7,532        5,672       36,073       27,560
  Sportage                 2,679        2,540       17,727       12,679
  Optima                   3,996        4,548       19,268       23,366
  Sedona                   3,880        5,713       30,095       30,428
  Sorento                  5,147        4,355       24,978       21,263
  Amanti                   2,533          729        5,338       10,695

  Total                   27,443       27,095      146,578      143,086