Kia America Delivers Second-Highest First Quarter Gross sales in Firm Historical past

Kia offered extra SUVs in March 2024 than some other month in firm historical past

• Three Kia fashions – Forte, Sportage, Telluride – every offered over 10,000 models in March
• First quarter EV gross sales up 88% in comparison with the earlier 12 months
• Sorento SUV gross sales enhance 28% year-over-year in March as refreshed 2024 mannequin launches

Kia America delivered its second-highest first quarter gross sales whole in firm historical past, capped by March gross sales of 69,472 models. Gross sales of electrified fashions in March grew 9% in comparison with the earlier 12 months. Particularly, EVs noticed a major enhance of 151% over the earlier 12 months. Gross sales of the whole utility lineup elevated by 9% in comparison with the earlier 12 months and accounted for 79% of whole gross sales.

Three fashions – Forte, Sportage, Telluride – drove the general gross sales, every delivering greater than 10,000 models in March. As well as, the brand new Sorento not too long ago launched and gross sales grew 28% in March in comparison with the earlier 12 months. Three fashions together with Sportage (+17%), Carnival (+15%), and Forte (+13%) recorded their highest March gross sales performances ever.

“Our progress in SUVs and early influence of the all-new, all-electric three-row EV9 helped ship Kia’s second-best first quarter gross sales consequence,” mentioned Eric Watson, vp, gross sales operations, Kia America. “With the latest world debut of the all-new K4 compact sedan on the New York Worldwide Auto Present and the refreshed Carnival and K5 fashions slated to reach in vendor showrooms within the coming months, Kia will undoubtedly proceed to seize the eye of the trade, media and shoppers.”

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

• Kia’s all electrical three-row SUV – EV9 achieved a notable twin victory on the 2024 World Automobile Awards. Revealed throughout a dwell announcement on the World Automobile Awards ceremony on the New York Worldwide Auto Present, the EV9 secured esteemed titles for each World Automobile of the Yr and World Electrical Automobile.
• The worldwide debut of the upcoming K4 compact sedan on the 2024 New York Worldwide Auto Present. As Kia’s fourth-generation compact sedan, the K4 is a powerhouse of normal, segment-above know-how, delivering Superior Driver Help Techniques (ADAS)[1], refinement, and class-leading rear head room and leg room[2]. An accessible turbocharged engine amps up the fun-to-drive quotient and commonplace multi-link rear suspension on the GT-Line (2.0 and 1.6 turbo) affords a responsive driving expertise.
• U.S. Information & World Report named the Kia Telluride finest 3-row midsize SUV in its “Finest Vehicles for Households” award program for the fifth 12 months in a row. Inside every class, the award honors the vehicles, SUVs and minivans that provide the very best mixture of security, reliability, house, comfort, and connectivity. The award methodology combines skilled automotive opinions, security and reliability scores, seating and cargo quantity and the provision of family-friendly options.
• 2024 Telluride additionally achieved the Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security’s (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK+ (TSP+) ranking, whereas the 2024 Sportage earned the TOP SAFETY PICK (TSP) ranking. In accordance with the IIHS, the 2 SUVs had been deemed as “providing the very best degree of safety for each automobile and occupants and weak highway customers.”
• 2024 EV9 was additionally acknowledged as winner of the World’s Finest Automobile for 2024 by the Girls’s Worldwide Automobile of the Yr (WWCOTY). The annual award is a results of in-depth evaluations by 75 girls motoring journalists from 52 international locations throughout 5 continents. Points akin to security, high quality, value, design, ease of driving, advantages, and environmental footprint are thought-about when casting their votes. The Kia EV9 was named over a complete of 63 contenders.

[1] Superior driver help programs usually are not substitutes for secure driving and will not detect all objects across the automobile. All the time drive safely and use warning.

[2] Based mostly on evaluate of publicly accessible info discovered on Unique Gear Producer (OEM) web sites as of March 8, 2024