Kia America Achieves Document First Half Gross sales in Firm Historical past

Quick-growing Kia’s streak of consecutive year-over-year will increase reaches 11 months

• Eight Kia fashions publish year-over-year will increase within the first six months of 2023
• Kia’s electrified choices up 40-percent over first-half 2022 whole, with whole SUV gross sales rising by 25-percent

IRVINE, Calif., June 30, 2023 – Persevering with momentum from 2022’s document retail gross sales, Kia America set an all-time first half quantity document of 394,333 automobiles, up 18-percent over the first-half of 2022. Kia’s retail-only gross sales whole for the previous six months was 362,933, a rise of 17-percent over the primary half of 2022. Kia closed the month of June with 70,495 whole items, an 8-percent improve over the identical interval final 12 months, marking the 11^th straight month of year-over-year gross sales progress.

Eight Kia fashions posted year-over-year gross sales will increase within the first half, together with: Carnival (+74-percent); Seltos (+64-percent); Sportage (+37-percent); Soul (+26-percent); Forte (+20-percent); Telluride (+18-percent); Sorento (+10-percent) and Niro (+9-percent). As well as, gross sales of Kia’s electrified fashions elevated by 40-percent and gross sales of Kia’s SUVs elevated by 25-percent over the primary six months of final 12 months.

“Kia gross sales proceed to speed up as customers reply very positively to Kia’s enhanced lineup of rugged and succesful SUV’s, sporty sedans and modern EVs,” stated Eric Watson, vice chairman, gross sales operations, Kia America.  “As manufacturing continues to enhance on fashions that had been briefly provide through the pandemic, we’re seeing gross sales energy throughout our core SUV fashions with Sportage, Telluride, Sorrento and Seltos in addition to the Niro, Soul and Carnival fashions all seeing year-over-year progress. And with launch of our flagship EV9 all-electric three-row SUV within the second half of the 12 months, we count on to see continued momentum.”

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

• Kia America was the one automotive firm within the U.S. to be included on the influential TIME100 Most Influential Corporations. TIME detailed how Kia America shed the model’s popularity as a worth model amid long-term electrification ambitions.
• Kia America took residence the very best variety of J.D. Energy U.S. Preliminary High quality Research awards for a model within the J.D. Energy 2023 U.S. Preliminary High quality Research (IQS). 4 Kia nameplates took segment-best honors this 12 months: Carnival (Minivan), Forte (Compact Automobile), Stinger (Midsize Premium Automobile, and Rio (Small Automobile).  That is the fifth consecutive win for the Kia Forte within the Compact Automobile phase, making Kia the one model to earn a J.D. Energy Award on this phase for 5 years operating.
• U.S. Information & World Report has awarded the 2023 Kia K5 “Finest Automobile for Teenagers $25K to $30K.” These awards acknowledge automobiles that rating nicely in dependability, reliability, crash prevention, and obtainable options, that are all components dad and mom might think about whereas looking for a car for his or her teen driver.
• The 2023 Kia Telluride was topped “Favourite Household Car” through the Midwest Automotive Media Affiliation’s (MAMA) annual Spring Rally. Over 100 automotive journalists descended upon Elkhart Lake’s Highway America in Wisconsin, the place they evaluated practically 90 automobiles on quite a lot of driving programs earlier than voting for his or her favorites throughout seven classes.

	MONTH OF JUNE		YEAR-TO-DATE
Mannequin	2023	2022	2023	2022
EV6	1,458	2,567	8,328	12,568
Rio	2,180	2,986	14,196	14,918
Forte	10,330	9,299	62,061	51,806
K5	6,072	5,922	30,897	35,312
Stinger	642	713	4,554	5,163
Soul	5,202	4,954	34,747	27,608
Niro	3,165	1,723	19,325	17,666
Seltos	5,652	2,193	32,423	19,766
Sportage	13,917	14,153	71,889	52,356
Sorento	7,912	8,133	42,807	39,045
Telluride	9,534	9,186	55,284	46,893
Carnival	4,431	3,313	17,822	10,238
Complete	70,495	65,142	394,333	333,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kia America – about us

Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to prime automotive high quality surveys and is acknowledged as one of many 100 Finest International Manufacturers. Kia serves because the “Official Automotive Associate” of the NBA and provides a spread of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrified automobiles offered via a community of over 750 sellers within the U.S., together with a number of automobiles and SUVs proudly assembled in America*.

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* The K5, Sportage, Sorento, and Telluride (excludes HEV and PHEV fashions) are assembled in the USA from U.S. and globally sourced components.

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