Mum's the Word

     Call it personalised transport for a

 tribe, or a Mum Bus, the Grand

 Carnival has cause to celebrate.

    It’s been an amazing ride for Kia

  Motors, and all Korean car

  companies, as this new provider of

  motor vehicles has well and truly

  got to grips with the alternative, of

  Japanese manufacturing, and is well

  ahead of the next generation from

  China.

    Cumulatively, through the first six

  months of 2010, Kia's global sales

  surpassed the 1-million unit mark,

  posting an increase of 34.1 percent year-on-year and reaching 1,004,724 units. The Chinese market saw Kia’s performance experience the highest gain of 75.6 percent, based on sales of 170,977 units to date in 2010.

What these figures suggest is that perhaps Kia has finally turned the corner, behind fellow Korean Hyundai, and is now enjoying sales gains as its product line-up increases its credibility. And, with that higher positioning, or acceptance, in the market, it leads us straight into discussing the latest upgrades to the Grand Carnival, Kia’s popular people mover.