November 2008 Sales: Kia Motors America

Rio, Optima, and Rondo sales each up more than 14-percent year-to-date

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced November sales of 15,182 units with year-to-date sales of 258,753 units. Passenger cars have led the way in 2008, with Rio, Optima and Rondo all posting double digit increases year-to-date. November sales were led by Spectra and Sorento, with Sorento posting a 47.3-percent increase over the same period last year.

Kia Motors America (KMA) is the sales, marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corporation based in Seoul, South Korea. KMA offers a complete line of vehicles through more than 640 dealers throughout the United States. For 2007, KMA recorded its 14th consecutive year of record U.S. sales. Kia Motors subscribes to a philosophy of building high value, high quality, safe and dynamic vehicles. Kia Motors prides itself on producing vehicles that are exciting and enabling and evoke the Kia tagline "The Power to Surprise."

Kia Motors America is the "Official Automotive Partner of the NBA." Information about Kia Motors America and its full vehicle line-up is available at its Web site -- http://www.kia.com. For media information, including photography, visit http://www.kiamedia.com.

                   MONTH OF NOVEMBER          YEAR-TO-DATE
    Model           2008       2007        2008         2007
    Rio            2,127      2,591      34,747       30,460
    Spectra        3,565      5,342      65,745       66,786
    Optima         1,044      3,561      43,494       37,666
    Amanti           415        138       3,420        5,397
    Sportage       1,348      3,800      30,572       44,284
    Sorento        2,875      1,952      26,612       34,664
    Sedona         2,223      3,223      24,944       38,000
    Rondo          1,395      3,570      27,589       24,148
    Borrego          190        n/a       1,630          n/a

    Total         15,182     24,177     258,753      281,405