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Kia Continues Sales Growth; Year-to-Date Sales Up 17 percent

2 November 2000

Kia Continues Sales Growth; Year-to-Date Sales Up 17 percent

    IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 1 Kia sold 13,726 vehicles in
October, a 28 percent increase from October 1999, while year-to-date sales of
133,453 units are 17 percent ahead of last year's sales.
    The Sportage sport-utility vehicle accounted for 4,249 units in October, a
16 percent increase from last year.  The Rio, Kia's newest model, which
debuted in August, totaled 3,536 sales -- a 21-percent increase from
September.
   


                                MONTH OF OCTOBER          YEAR-TO-DATE

    Model                       2000        1999        2000        1999
    Rio                         3,536         n/a      10,421         n/a
    Sephia                      4,080       6,716      60,057      70,551
    Spectra                     1,598         n/a       9,226         n/a
    Sportage                    4,249       3,643      50,184      38,436
    Sportage 2-Door
     Convertible                  263         282       3,565       4,332
    Total                      13,726      10,641     133,453     113,319