Finest July gross sales in historical past proceed Kia America’s torrid tempo

Quick-growing Kia marks 12 consecutive months of year-over-year gross sales development

• Six Kia fashions submit year-over-year will increase; 5 set best-ever July gross sales information
• Gross sales of Kia’s electrified choices elevated 72-percent over July 2022; gross sales of Kia’s rugged and succesful utility fashions up 17-percent

IRVINE, Calif., August 1, 2023 – Constructing on the momentum created by best-ever first half gross sales, Kia America set an all-time July file of 70,930 models, up 14-percent over the identical interval final yr and breaking the earlier file set in July 2021. Kia’s retail gross sales in July totaled 66,485, a rise of 13-percent year-over-year.

As Kia accomplished its twelfth consecutive month of year-over-year gross sales development, six fashions posted year-over-year gross sales will increase together with: Niro (+384-percent); Carnival (+136-percent); Seltos (+39-percent); Rio (+18-percent); Telluride (+17-percent) and EV6 (+13-percent). As well as, 5 Kia fashions achieved best-ever July gross sales, together with: Carnival (+40-percent); Seltos (+17-percent) and the Niro, Telluride and EV6 fashions (+13-percent, every). Lastly, year-over-year gross sales of Kia’s electrified fashions elevated by 72-percent, with gross sales of Kia’s utility autos up 17-percent. General, Kia’s utility fashions accounted for 72-percent of the model’s July gross sales complete.

“Attaining one full calendar yr of consecutive gross sales development proves that Kia has the right combination of fashions that buyers are searching for, whether or not it’s a rugged and succesful SUV, a sporty sedan or an modern EV,” stated Eric Watson, vp, gross sales operations, Kia America. “As gross sales of our utility fashions proceed to account for greater than 70-percent of our total complete, and stock ranges on in-demand autos continues to enhance, we’re assured that the launch of Kia’s flagship EV9 all-electric three-row SUV later this yr will solely speed up this momentum for the foreseeable future.”

Along with the month-to-month gross sales efficiency, Kia America introduced a number of initiatives in addition to important business awards that have been bestowed on varied fashions inside Kia’s world-class line-up, together with:

• Kia was proud to announce inclusion in a really particular new three way partnership designed to create an unprecedented new charging community that can considerably broaden entry to high-powered charging in North America.  Kia, BMW, Basic Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis are partnering to put in a minimum of 30,000 high-powered cost factors in city and freeway places throughout the nation to make sure that present and future EV homeowners can cost each time and wherever they want with a transparent concentrate on an elevated buyer expertise, reliability, and use of renewable vitality.
• Kia America setting the file for the very best complete variety of awards ever earned in a single yr by a model within the J.D. Energy 2023 Automotive Efficiency, Execution and Format (APEAL) research as seven Kia fashions ranked primary of their segments – essentially the most awarded to a single producer within the APEAL Research’s 28-year historical past. These awards have been introduced shortly after Kia took residence the very best variety of awards within the J.D. Energy 2023 Preliminary High quality Research (IQS) which have been introduced in June.
• SlashGear named two Kia autos to its record of “Finest Vehicles of 2023 – 10 of the High Rated Picks.” The record is comprised of a large variety of classes, with the EV6 acknowledged because the “Finest EV,” and the Telluride because the “Finest Household SUV.” SlashGear chosen its high picks primarily based on key components particular to every class together with vary (for the EV class), in addition to normal attributes together with pricing and worth, aftercare help, efficiency, the supply of lively security options, cabin expertise and tools, and elegance and design.
• Kia Georgia’s West Level manufacturing plant will endure a $200 million growth to permit for the meeting of the all-electric 2024 EV9 three-row SUV within the second quarter of 2024. The growth is anticipated to create almost 200 extra jobs and enhance the variety of Kia fashions assembled on the Georgia facility to 5 because the Telluride, Sorento and Sportage SUVs in addition to the K5 mid-size sedan are already assembled at Kia Georgia*.

	MONTH OF JULY		YEAR-TO-DATE
Mannequin	2023	2022	2023	2022
EV6	1,937	1,716	10,265	14,284
Rio	2,358	1,992	16,554	16,910
Forte	11,004	10,016	73,065	61,822
K5	6,215	6,440	37,112	41,752
Stinger	464	513	5,018	5,676
Soul	5,123	5,322	39,870	32,930
Niro	3,112	643	22,437	18,309
Seltos	5,251	3,790	37,674	23,556
Sportage	11,853	11,985	83,742	64,341
Sorento	8,569	9,473	51,376	48,518
Telluride	9,759	8,318	65,043	55,211
Carnival	5,285	2,241	23,107	12,479
Complete	70,930	62,449	465,263	395,789

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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