U.S. sales results for August have been announced by Kia Motors America( KMA), and the brand is stating that with a total of 58,897 units sold this is their best-eve sales results for August in company history. The brand’s overall sales total for the month is a full 7.7 percent higher than sales from last August, and their year-to-date sales so far this year have come to 426,160 units, increasing 5.4 percent from last year.
“Kia has outpaced the industry all year, and that trend continued in August as we set our fourth consecutive monthly sales record despite significant turbulence in the stock market and not having the benefit of Labor Day weekend sales,” said Michael Sprague, Chief Operating Officer and EVP, KMA. “Since its introduction in 2009, the wildly popular Soul has been one of the industry’s greatest success stories, and its record-setting August performance comes on the heels of being the highest ranked compact multi-purpose vehicle in initial quality by J.D. Power.”
August Highlights:
- Sales of the Rio reached 1,734 units
- Sales of the Forte increased by 19 percent with 6,862 units
- Sales of the Optima reached 13,980 units
- Sales of the Cadenza reached 322 units
- Sales of the K900 increased by 278 percent with 386 units
- Sales of the Sportage increased by 28 percent with 5,749 units
- Sales of the Sorento increased by 9.8 percent with 10,211 units
- Sales of the Sedona increased by 268 percent with 2,545 units
- Sales of the Soul increased by 13.6 percent with 17,108 units
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