Overview

• The millionth vehicle was a Denim Blue Tasman X-Pro dual-cab 4×4 delivered by Motorama Kia Moorooka in Queensland to Andrea and James Allendorf of Internal Demolitions.
• Kia doubled its Australian cumulative sales from 500,000 in 2018 to one million in seven years after first entering the market in 1988 and establishing a local subsidiary in 2006.
• Kia surpassed 80,000 annual sales for the first time in 2024, and the company projects 90,000 sales in 2025.
• Cumulative bestsellers are the Cerato (200,780 units), Sportage (188,159), Rio (166,062) and Carnival (123,854), according to Kia.
• Kia credits a seven-year warranty, local chassis tuning led by Graeme Gambold, a 2021 brand refresh and dealer network investment for recent growth, with the milestone marked by a Queensland ceremony featuring brand ambassadors and a Brisbane Broncos sponsorship gifted to the buyer.