BEST-EVER NOVEMBER SALES SENDS KIA AMERICA PAST ITS ALL-TIME ANNUAL RECORD IN UNDER ELEVEN MONTHS

• November noticed Kia obtain year-over-year development for the 16^th consecutive month
• Kia surpasses 700,000 annual items for the second time within the U.S.
• Electrical fashions submit 120% year-over-year enhance

IRVINE, Calif., December 1, 2023 – Kia America introduced best-ever November gross sales of 58,338 items, a rise of 3-percent over the identical interval final 12 months. The report month propelled Kia previous its earlier report for whole annual U.S. gross sales in underneath 11 months – with 722,176 autos bought with one month remaining in 2023 – and marked the model’s 16^th consecutive month of year-over-year gross sales development.

Complete retail gross sales in November elevated over the earlier 12 months with 54,547 items bought by Kia sellers, and whole year-to-date retail gross sales elevated 12-percent over the primary 11 months of 2022. Kia’s EV fashions noticed a year-over-year enhance of 120-percent with EV6 gross sales surging by 101-percent in comparison with the identical month final 12 months. And Kia’s EV9 reservation program has acquired deposits from prospects in each one of many 50 U.S. states.

“Demand for Kia autos continues at an all-time excessive and to beat our earlier annual gross sales report in lower than 11 months demonstrates the facility of the Kia model and rising lineup of rugged and succesful SUVs, sports activities sedans and revolutionary EVs.,” mentioned Eric Watson, vp, gross sales operations, Kia America. “New prospects are purchasing Kia like by no means earlier than and our retailers are promoting extra autos than ever, and with the groundbreaking EV9 SUV arriving shortly in showrooms and the up to date Sorento SUV on the way in which, we anticipate Kia’s successful streak will prolong properly into the brand new 12 months.”

In November, seven fashions, together with Carnival (+202-percent); EV6 (+101-percent); K5 (+13-percent); Sportage (+4-percent); Seltos (+3-percent); Telluride (+3-percent) and Forte (+1-percent) recorded elevated gross sales in comparison with the identical month the earlier 12 months. Kia’s SUV lineup accounted for 71-percent of November gross sales and gross sales of Kia’s electrified fashions elevated 45-percent over the identical interval final 12 months.

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

• The all-electric Kia EV9 was named a finalist within the competitors for 2024 North American Utility Car of the Yr™ by the North American Automotive of the Yr (NACTOY) jury. The EV9 was evaluated by 50 third-party jurors and named one in every of three finalists. NACOTY winners can be introduced January 4, 2024¹.
• For the second consecutive 12 months, Kia launched the model’s “Season of Giving Again” year-end gross sales occasion in partnership with St. Jude Youngsters’s Analysis Hospital. From November 16 – January 2, Kia will make a donation to St. Jude for each new Kia mannequin bought or leased at approved Kia dealerships within the U.S.²
• The 2023 Kia Telluride SUV was acknowledged by the Hispanic Motor Press with the group’s “Household Car of the Yr” Award. The award was offered on the Los Angeles Auto present, and was selected by a panel of over 20 Hispanic automotive journalists, content material creators, and trade influencers. In 2022, Telluride was named “SUV of the Yr” by the Hispanic Motor Press, marking this 12 months as a back-to-back win for Kia’s award-winning three-row SUV.

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