Kia Motors America Announces
12th Consecutive Year of Record Sales

IRVINE, Calif., January 4, 2006 – Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced a record twelfth consecutive year of sales increases. Year-to-date sales for the company in 2005 totaled 275,851 units, 2.1-percent ahead of the record sales pace set in 2004. Both the Kia Spectra and Kia Sedona models sold more than 50,000 units in 2005, totaling 56,088 and 52,837 units respectively. December sales for KMA totaled 18,767, the second best for the same period in the last twelve years.

"Kia's continued sales growth over the last twelve years illustrates that we're a company on the move," said Len Hunt, executive vice president and COO of KMA. "And with the launches of the all-new 2006 Sedona and 2006.5 Optima just around the corner, more consumers will discover that our products are exciting and enabling as well as a great value."

Kia Motors America is the U.S. sales, marketing and service arm of Kia Motors Corp. in Seoul, South Korea.

MONTH OF DECEMBER
YEAR-TO-DATE
Model
2005
 2004 2005 2004
Optima
998
5,428 41,349 53,492
Rio
2,776
1,609 30,290 38,518
Sedona
3,861
3,741 52,837 61,149
Spectra
2,916
2,878 56,088 44,004
Sportage 2,681 56 29,009 120
Sorento 2,970 4,362 47,610 52,878
Amanti 2,565 2,034 18,668 19,894
Total 18,767 20,108 275,851 270,055
TOTAL U.S. SALES OF KIA VEHICLES
1994
 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
January
605
1,227 1,508 2,624 7,197 9,461
February
626
1,053 1,887 2,529 6,196 6,703
March
638
1,309 2,197 3,093 6,082 11,400
April
714
1,256 2,300 3,541 5,530 10,606
May 1,010 1,907 3,481 4,917 6,301 12,795
June 1,053 1,665 4,401 3,992 9,215 13,593
July 1,106 2,662 3,241 5,024 10,095 13,136
August 1,368 2,881 4,229 6,321 8,016 13,138
September 1,528 2,729 3,780 7,123 7,355 11,846
October 1,207 2,437 3,797 5,913 8,634 10,641
November 1,156 2,640 3,174 5,317 4,730 11,820
December 1,152 2,974 2,279 4,931 3,542 9,455
Total 12,163 24,740 36,274 55,325 82,893 134,594

2000
 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
January
8,143
12,513 16,574 18,524 17,029

17,154
February
11,392
12,665 17,509 17,769 18,586 20,454
March
12,729
19,159 21,478 21,353 23,769 25,722
April
12,422
16,060 20,366 19,542 23,438 27,158
May 13,709 20,048 22,790 22,007 25,443 25,503
June 16,140 21,188 22,498 20,311 27,636 27,095
July 12,300 19,405 23,061 24,009 23,637 26,052
August 16,454 23,276 23,564 24,758 21,132 23,820
September 16,438 20,585 18,179 19,269 23,001 23,404
October 13,726 24,523 17,960 15,181 22,973 20,631
November 12,643 16,940 18,741 16,173 23,303 20,091
December 14,510 17,365 14,625 18,575 20,108

18,767
Total 160,606 223,727 237,345 237,471 270,055 275,851

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