By rolling out the first unit of New Seltos, Kia India celebrated the milestone of dispatching one million vehicles from its manufacturing facility at Anantapur. This celebration also marks the production commencement of New Seltos which is one of the most evolved, Safer, and Smarter SUVs to be available in India. This significant achievement underscores Kia’s commitment to the Indian market and showcases the success of its strategic approach.
With the launch of the Seltos in August 2019, Kia made its entry into the Indian market. It quickly became one of India’s favorite SUV brands. In a record time of 46 months, it achieved the milestone of 500,000 sales. Kia further expanded its product portfolio with the Carnival and Sonet in 2020, followed by the Carens and EV6 in 2022. The state-of-the-art Kia facility at Anantapur has so far manufactured over 532,450 units of Seltos, followed by 3,32,450 units of the Sonet, 1,20,516 unitsof the Carens and 14, 584 units of the Carnival.
Kia India celebrated the significant achievement of the production of 1 million units in a special ceremony held at its global facility in Anantapur. Guests from Government of Andhra Pradesh including Minister for Finance, Planning and Legislative Affairs, Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, Minister of Industries, Infrastructure, Investment & Commerce, Information Technology, Gudivada Amarnath, Member of Parliament, Mr. Gorantla Madhav and Member of the Legislative Assembly from Penukonda, G Sankaranarayana attended the ceremony.
