KIA has a positive 2022, 20% increase in production and 11.8% in sales

KIA has a positive 2022, 20% increase in production and 11.8% on sale

In the midst of continuing the global-level crisis of semi-conductors, KIA Mexico projects a positive 2022, with an increase of 20% in its vehicle production and 11.8% in commercialization, with respect to 2021, which is collaborating with the 9 % of market participation, aformó Horacio Chávez, director of Korean automobiles.

It is estimated that 80% of Pesquería’s plantation, New Leon, has the United States destination, 10% of Canada and the rest is distributed to more than 60 countries. For this reason, the demand to increase the ensemble in Mexico was pulsed by the reactivation of the market market.

In 2021, the KIA Mexico plant will produce 219,400 units of its Forte, Rio and Accent models assembled by Hyundai, registering a 6% increase by 2020. As of 2022, the 264,000 units in Pesquería will surpass.

Refirió que mientras la automotriz cayó un 2%, KIA creció 6%, lo que “reflects this work that has been made to power mantener the seminondro de semiconductores and poder manterer the operation of the plant that in the 2021 flow fluid and constant . “We think that this year we will have a similar scenario (in 2021) with stability in the first semester and there will be a much more normalized semester, we will already have a 20% increase in the production of this year”, assures the director of KIA.

In the mark of the presentation of the KIA Kick Off 2022 event, Horacio Chávez recorded that the factory has the capacity to assemble 400,000 cars, and will find one of the 300,000 products in 2019.

The announcement that for the second semester of this year KIA will launch the new generation of Sportage, with 2.5-liter engine and 20 centimeters more, Chávez says that the company aspires to increase the market share of 9% in total car sales in Mexico, that means an estimated 95,000 vehicles.

“I understand that the expectations that we have for this year, we have to allow to maintain this rhythm and with a second mitad of this much more positive, with this scenario that we currently have our most optimistic feelings and we want to be able to maintain this tendency ”, Aseguró.

KIA claims to maintain the sales lead of the median SUVs, and “according to statistics, it appears that we are the brand that reaches a segment of more young customers”, said David García, Director of Sales at KIA.