Kia America begins 2024 with strong January gross sales

• File January efficiency by Kia’s SUV and utility lineup
• Kia EV gross sales elevated 57-percent year-over-year
• 4 Kia fashions obtain best-ever January gross sales: Carnival, Sportage, Forte and EV6

IRVINE, Calif., February 1, 2024 – Coming off the very best annual gross sales quantity in firm historical past in 2023, Kia America delivered 51,090 items in January with development throughout the model’s SUV, utility, EV and electrified automobile choices.

Gross sales of Kia’s rugged and succesful SUVs elevated over the identical interval final yr and accounted for 74-percent of January gross sales. After launching in December, gross sales of the all-new Kia EV9 three-row EV SUV rose 27-percent to 1,408 items in January, powering a 57-percent total enhance year-over-year for Kia EVs gross sales. 4 Kia fashions posted best-ever January gross sales, together with: Carnival (+81-percent YoY); Sportage (+16-percent YoY); Forte (+10-percent YoY) and EV6 (+9-percent YoY).

“Kia’s gross sales regularly elevated over the previous few years, and we’ve established a stable basis to construct upon because the business transitions to electrified fashions,” stated Eric Watson, vice chairman gross sales operations, Kia America. “With our flagship EV9 three-row EV SUV off to a powerful begin after being named 2024 North American Utility Automobile of the Yr, and Kia’s rugged and succesful SUVs persevering with to achieve market share, Kia will cost forward in 2024 with six new and considerably redesigned autos scheduled to reach in showrooms.”

Along with the month-to-month gross sales efficiency, Kia America introduced a number of initiatives, together with:

• The all-electric Kia EV9 3-row SUV was named 2024 North American Utility Automobile of the Yr™ by the North American Automobile of the Yr (NACTOY) jury. That is the third event in 5 years that the NACTOY jury has named a Kia automobile as its best choice within the class, and the second win for a Kia electrical automobile (EV).
• Kia partnered with Riot Video games to develop into the official sponsor of the League of Legends League Championship E-sports sequence.
• Kia America’s return to the Tremendous Bowl with the model’s 15^th Massive Sport marketing campaign for the all-new, all-electric EV9 three-row SUV.
• Kia Company and Uber signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the 2024 Client Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas, committing the 2 firms to collaborate on Kia’s deliberate growth and deployment of PBVs.

Kia America – about us

Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to high automotive high quality surveys. Kia is acknowledged as one of many TIME100 Most Influential Corporations of 2023. Kia serves because the “Official Automotive Companion” of the NBA and affords a spread of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrical autos bought by means of a community of over 775 sellers within the U.S., together with a number of vehicles and SUVs proudly assembled in America*. 

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 * The Sportage (excludes HEV and PHEV fashions), Sorento (excludes HEV and PHEV fashions), and Telluride are assembled in the US from U.S. and globally sourced components. 

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