New Car Sales Atlas Beta

How many Kia Mentor vehicles were sold in Australia in 1998?

See how many Kia Mentor vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
1998 ×Kia ×Mentor ×
Kia Mentors sold
2,700
1998
Peak year
1998
2,700 sales
Share of Kia
53.8%
of all Kia sales
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1998, Kia Mentor recorded 2,700 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 53.8% of Kia's sales in 1998. It was the highest annual result in the loaded history.

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (1998 · Kia · Mentor).

Sales by year: 1998 · Kia · Mentor

Year-by-year totals for 1998 · Kia · Mentor.
YearTotalvs prev
20020−100.0%
200113−98.9%
20001,142−53.3%
19992,447−9.4%
19982,700—
Data Notice

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Purchase data

Kia model context: Mentor

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Kia range for 1998.
Rank in Kia#1
Mentor sales2,700
Share of Kia53.8%
1
Mentor
2,70053.8%
2
Sportage
1,70233.9%
3
Ceres
4639.2%
4
Credos
1573.1%

Key notes: 1998 · Kia · Mentor

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 1998: 2,700
Kia total in 1998: 5,022
Model context uses Kia range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /1998/kia/mentor
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.