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Kia celebrates 10 million vehicles shipped from South Korea

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Back in 1975, which is about 36 years ago, the South Korean manufacturer started exporting models to just few countries, about ten more exactly. Today, Kia managed to reach 10 million units exported to more than 150 countries and they decided to celebrate this landmark somewhere near Seoul, at the port in Pyeongtaek.

Kia celebrating 10 million units exported
Kia celebrating 10 million units exported

What is somehow more surprising is that the South Korean manufacturer reached 5 million exported units in 2005, so, at a pretty big distance but in less than six years the figure doubled. This says it all about the growing trend saw by Kia in the recent years.

The most important market for Kia proved to be the North American one, more than 4,2 million units reaching US customers. The second largest market is Europe with 2,4 million vehicles followed by Africa with 1,3 million. Talking about the best seller export, Kia Rio manages to take the first place with almost 765,000 units closely followed up by Rio with more than 747,000 vehicles sold globally.

Kia celebrating 10 million units exported
Kia celebrating 10 million units exported

Here are a couple of photos with the celebration event held by the South Korean manufacturer at their main plant.

Andrei Ursu
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Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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