In 2001, Kia recorded 12,179 new-vehicle sales in Australia. Kia Rio was the leading model in this view, with 5,549 sales. The highest annual result in the loaded history was 82,105 sales in 2025. That was 23.2% higher than the previous full-year result.
| Year | Total | vs prev |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 54,899 | −1.2% |
| 2025 | 82,105 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 81,787 | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 76,120 | −2.8% |
| 2022 | 78,330 | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 67,964 | +21.2% |
| 2020 | 56,076 | −8.8% |
| 2019 | 61,503 | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 58,815 | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 54,737 | +28.3% |
| 2016 | 42,668 | +26.5% |
| 2015 | 33,736 | +20.5% |
| 2014 | 28,005 | −6.0% |
| 2013 | 29,778 | −3.2% |
| 2012 | 30,758 | +22.4% |
| 2011 | 25,128 | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 23,848 | +22.9% |
| 2009 | 19,407 | −1.3% |
| 2008 | 19,661 | −6.3% |
| 2007 | 20,985 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 20,770 | −17.9% |
| 2005 | 25,293 | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 24,454 | +41.9% |
| 2003 | 17,235 | +40.8% |
| 2002 | 12,237 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 12,179 | +23.2% |
| 2000 | 9,888 | +76.5% |
| 1999 | 5,603 | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 5,022 | −28.4% |
| 1997 | 7,013 | +17882.1% |
| 1996 | 39 | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 36 | −50.0% |
| 1994 | 72 | −13.3% |
| 1993 | 83 | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 75 | +341.2% |
| 1991 | 17 | — |
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| # | Vehicle | Sales | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kia Rio | 5,549 | 45.6% | |
| 2 | Kia Carnival | 2,680 | 22.0% | |
| 3 | Kia Sportage | 2,016 | 16.6% | |
| 4 | Kia Carens | 698 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Kia Shuma | 468 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Kia Spectra | 319 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Kia Credos | 166 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Kia Optima | 123 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | Kia Combi | 67 | 0.6% | |
| 10 | Kia Ceres | 47 | 0.4% | |
| 11 | Kia Cosmo | 33 | 0.3% | |
| 12 | Kia Mentor | 13 | 0.1% |
