New Delhi – Kia India seems to have found the accelerator pedal in just the right place, clocking 22,135 unit sales in July 2025, an 8% growth over July 2024. While other carmakers are still figuring out how to balance SUVs, EVs, and customer expectations, Kia has slipped into cruise control, managing a neat year-to-date (YTD) growth of 11.45% with 163,439 units sold so far in 2025. That’s nearly 17,000 more cars on the road than last year — enough to cause traffic snarls all by themselves.
The real showstopper here is the Carens Clavis and its electrified sibling, the Carens Clavis EV. Positioned as the “all-rounder” in a family of overachievers, the Clavis seems to have struck a chord with Indian buyers who want comfort, features, and enough innovation to make their neighbour’s new car feel outdated. The EV version, meanwhile, is quickly emerging as a star performer in the mass-market electric space, quietly making its way into driveways that once echoed only with the hum of petrol engines.
Exports didn’t take a back seat either — 2,590 units in July were shipped out, a reminder that Kia’s “Made-in-India” tag now has a global passport.
Joonso Cho, Chief Sales Officer of Kia India, commented with a level of calm usually reserved for people who’ve already achieved their monthly targets: “Our steady sales performance reflects the trust Indian customers continue to place in Kia. The Carens Clavis EV has already received an encouraging response for its performance, range, and practicality. At Kia, we remain focused on creating accessible and innovative mobility solutions.”
In short, Kia’s formula seems simple — make cars that look stylish, drive smoothly, come with features customers didn’t know they wanted, and now, plug them into the wall for good measure. If the current trend continues, Kia’s 2025 could end up looking less like a sales chart and more like an upwardly mobile EV charging graph.
