Sportage and cee'd top Kia sales charts

The Kia Sportage and cee'd model family retain their position as the two top-selling models from the Korean brand. Now in its fourth full year of production, the Kia Sportage boasted its best-ever sales quarter in Q2, with 28,208 vehicles sold across Europe from April to June and 56,002 year-to-date (+12.0% over the same period in 2014). The current version of the Sportage was updated in 2014 with a range of visual and dynamic enhancements.

The cee'd (40,090 units in the first half of the year) remains the brand's second best-selling model in Europe behind the Sportage, and continues to appeal to customers thanks to its classy design, high quality interior, efficient range of engines and practical nature.

Having started production in 2006, the 1,000,000th Kia cee'd was recently manufactured by Kia Motors in Europe, a major milestone for a car that has played a significant role in Kia's sustained growth and success since its introduction nine years ago. The 1,000,000th cee'd to roll off Kia's European production line was a high-powered Kia cee'd GT five-door hatchback in ‘White Pearl'. The car and its 204 ps 1.6-litre T-GDI (turbo gasoline direct injection) engine were both produced in Slovakia - the car was produced for a buyer in the Netherlands.

All models in Kia's European line-up continue to be sold with the brand's unique 7-Year, 150,000 km warranty.

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