09 February 2025

Kia Plant Sales By Nation : 2024




Kia made 3 million passenger cars and SUVs in 2024. It manufactures in six countries with close to half made at home. If the CKD kits* are also originating from Korea (and I assume they do), then just over half. The rest is fairly evenly spread between plants. 250,000 to 350,000 covers all of them. 

China was the first overseas production facility back in 2002 but in recent years the volume has dropped substantially as is the case with other manufacturers. In the last two years production in China has made improved. 

The USA (since 2010) and Slovakia (2006) are both around 350,000 cars per annum. India (2019) was down this year and Mexico (2016) was steady. The latter has started making a model for Hyundai but is not counted here. 

*The 'CKD' I believe are cars made from knocked down kits but due to the content being split between facilities, not attributed to either. The model(s) involved are not given either. That's how I've read the data provided but it doesn't clearly specify if that is so.

Data source: Kia.

Spain Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (January)







Registrations were up 5% for the month. Toyota has been the best selling brand for the past three years and started 2025 clearly intent on staying there. It even broke the 10% share mark, something not common in Spain. 

There are two brands that Spaniards call their own, SEAT and the spinoff Cupra marque. Both were down on share in January with the former on 8th and the latter 16th. Early days of course. 

Some Chinese brands are making their mark here. BYD is at 19th, with Omoda just two places behind it. Several others are scattered further down the list. 


The top selling models were:

Dacia Sandero 2,706
Hyundai Tucson 2,103
MG ZS 2,103 (top picture)
Toyota Corolla 1,736
Toyota C-HR 1,588
Nissan Qashqai 1,546
Toyota Yaris Cross 1,484
Renault Captur 1,349
SEAT Ibiza 1,339
Kia Sportage 1,319



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Data source: ANFAC.
Picture Source: Fiat.

08 February 2025

Italy Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (January)










Registrations were down 6% in January. The good news for locals was that Fiat's market share of 11.9% was higher than the last two complete years. We await to see if it is sustainable. 

Dacia reached its highest penetration ever at 8.6%. Regular readers will know I'm all for a value product so good to see one with essential features but not excess ones. 

VW hit its lowest share since 2009 when Fiat had just over a quarter of the market. At least the VW Group can take heart knowing Audi reached an all time high at 5.1%. 

Italy has some local brands with Chinese connections in the form of DR Motors, Evo, EMC and Sportequipe.


The top selling models were:

Fiat Panda 13,333
Dacia Sandero 5,577
Jeep Avenger 4,685
Citroën C3 4,565
Dacia Duster 4,363
Peugeot 208 3,727
Toyota Yaris 2,935
Renault Captur 2,575
Toyota Yaris Cross 2,573
MG ZS 2,438


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Data source: UNRAE. 
Picture Source: Fiat.