Kia India retail sales up 33.27% in Aug, helped by consumer sentiment

Company says its performance is a good sign for the Indian automotive market

Kia India said on Thursday its retail sales increased by 33.27 per cent to 22,322 units in August, indicating improvement in supply chain constraints and healthy consumer sentiment.

The Korean carmaker’s retail sales in August 2021 were 16,750 units. Auto companies count dispatches to dealers as retail sales.

"The Seltos led Kia India's healthy performance in the month (August 2022) with 8,652 units, followed by the Sonet, Carens and Carnival with 7,838, 5,558 and 274 units, respectively," it said in a statement.

In the first eight months of 2022, the company sold 65.513 units of Seltos and 55,740