KIA MOTORS AMERICA ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER SALES
Best-Ever Monthly Sales Total for Telluride; Strongest November Performance for Sportage in Company History
IRVINE, Calif., December 3, 2019 – Kia Motors America today announced November sales of 50,504 units, a 12-percent increase over the same period last year, with year-to-date sales up 4-percent. November marked the highest monthly sales for the Telluride SUV with 6,824 units sold and the best-ever November performance for Sportage, with 8,125 units sold, a 17-percent increase over the same period last year. In addition, sales of the Sorento SUV were up 11-percent over the same period last year.
“On the strength of best-ever monthly sales for Telluride and the strongest November sales performance for Sportage, Kia continues to grow in a down market,” said Bill Peffer, vice president, sales operations, Kia Motors America. “With the Telluride racking up awards and the all-new Seltos SUV arriving in a few short months, we expect Kia’s momentum to continue well into the new year.”
Acerca de Kia Motors América
Con sede en Irvine, California, Kia Motors América ha sido la marca de mercado masivo mejor clasificada en calidad inicial durante cinco años consecutivos según J.D.Power. y es reconocido como una de las 100 mejores marcas globales por Interbrand. Kia es el "socio automotriz oficial" de la NBA y ofrece una gama completa de vehículos vendidos a través de una red de casi 800 concesionarios en los EE. UU., Incluidos automóviles y SUV orgullosamente ensamblados en West Point, Georgia. *
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* El Telluride, Sorento y Optima (excluyendo el híbrido y el híbrido enchufable) se ensamblan en los Estados Unidos a partir de piezas de origen estadounidense y global.
** Kia received the lowest rate of reported problems among mass market brands in the J.D. Power 2015-19 U.S. Initial Quality Studies of new vehicle owners’ experiences with their own vehicle after 90 days of ownership. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more details.
| MONTH OF NOVEMBER | YEAR-TO-DATE | |||
| Model | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 |
| Rio | 1,692 | 1,671 | 22,817 | 21,367 |
| Forte | 7,709 | 9,756 | 87,974 | 94,181 |
| Optima | 6,568 | 6,669 | 89,482 | 93,794 |
| Cadenza | 184 | 151 | 1,393 | 4,309 |
| Stinger | 1,057 | 1,173 | 12,827 | 15,517 |
| K900 | 32 | 22 | 360 | 299 |
| Soul | 6,713 | 8,742 | 91,101 | 94,581 |
| Niro | 2,238 | 1,962 | 22,183 | 26,226 |
| Sportage | 8,125 | 6,927 | 80,852 | 75,825 |
| Sorento | 7,899 | 7,092 | 88,632 | 99,344 |
| Telluride | 6,824 | N/A | 52,108 | N/A |
| Sedona | 1,463 | 936 | 14,380 | 16,802 |
| Total | 50,504 | 45,101 | 564,109 | 542,245 |
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