Hyundai, Kia see sharp rise in China sales this year
Oct 3, 2013
Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Thursday that they saw their combined sales in China surge 25 percent in the first nine months of the year on brisk sales of mid-sized and sports utility vehicles.Hyundai Motor, South Korea's top automaker, said it sold 760,916 units in China in the January-September period, up 28 percent from a year earlier.Kia Motors also saw its sales in China soar 20 percent on-year to reach 400,360 units over the cited period.Hyundai and Kia