Kia Sees Huge Sales Bump in Second Quarter

When it comes to businesses that are working with literally millions and millions of dollars in revenue, the idea of an “increase in sales” can actually be pretty impressive without looking like much percentage wise. Let’s say, for example, that your company manufactured half a million cars from January to June last year. Sold at an average of $20,000 a pop, you’re looking at $10 billion in sales. A one percent increase in sales means a bump of about $100 million—a number so big that the average American can’t even begin to comprehend it.

Taking all that into consideration, try to wrap your heads around the fact that in the second quarter of 2011, Kia saw a 21% increase in sales globally. … Continue Reading

Kia To Roll Out New Media Center Web Page

As a journalist who has written for a number of different car blogs over the course of his career, I can tell you that for the most part, the media websites for most automakers are a little frustrating to navigate. Some require logins, like access to news and images and videos is something a corporation would want to hide from the general public, while others have stories and pictures stored in completely different places. As far as video is concerned, forget about it. Most have little to none on their media web pages, which, by the way, are almost always completely separate from the company’s main page. … Continue Reading

Sales continuing to soar for Kia

April was a great sales month for Kia thanks to several different models that are wowing new customers everyday.  A recent source has released the numbers for May and they continue to show the trend that Kia is following.

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Kia to continue exciting work with the NBA

About 6 months ago we announced that Kia’s partnership with the NBA will extend through the 2011-2012 season.  Kia had a great presence throughout this past season, through events such as the slam dunk contest that was held during all-star weekend, and more.  Last week, it was announced that Kia will be a partner during the 2011 NBA Draft which is being held on June 23rd.

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Several Kia models praised by online source

MSNBC isn’t only a popular TV channel, it also has a place on the Internet for people to find the latest news and much more!  Recently, MSNBC.com released a list of the Ten Most Improved Cars of 2011.  Out of the 10 autos noted, two of them are Kia’s and there staff here at Classic Kia is delighted to hear this news.

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