Comments on: Kia Motors America posts March 2008 sales

By: himi

himi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:27:53 +0000

In my opinion, Sorento MUST become a crossover! One BOF (Borrego) vehicle is enough to have in line-up. BOFs are loosing popularity against crossovers on a large scale! And if the companies don’t follow the trend they loose sales.

By: K-Sport (Boris)

K-Sport (Boris) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:27:08 +0000

amanti is really in need of a major rediesign. so does sportage, Rio and now, even carnival. Sorento has to look more rugged like wrangler but Kia seems to be going the crossover way with the sorento.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:41:14 +0000

I don’t know how much this affects sales, but 2007 is when the slightly new Amanti was released. It had some minor changes to the exterior and interior, and the new 3.8L V6. So perhaps some people that had 2003 Amantis (first year) decided to exchange for a “newer” vehicle? If you look at the numbers for 2007 and 2008 Amanti, they sold a decent amount last year in comparison with this year.

By: himi

himi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:07:07 +0000

Some automakers had good sales in March and other didn’t. Honda and Nissan both increassed it’s sales and after a long period of time, Hyundai also managed to move more cars than last March. On the other side we have Toyota that lost about 3,4% and Kia which also had not so good month.
Kia not only had bad month but also slow new year start with sales falling by 5000units compared to last year.
And models like Sorento, Amanti, Sedona and Sportage are not in favour to good sales. Until at least two of these models are replaced, I don’t expect to see Kia set sales records again! I wish it sold better, but Sorento and Amanti are uncompetitive these days.

Kia released an intention to achive another sales record this year, but this will be tough job! Without new models it will be almost impossible to achive even last year’s sales record. And new models such as Spectra and Soul will not be here by the year’s end.

While08 will be, in my opinion, transitional year for Kia, neyt year the sales could rise again again!

By: K-Sport (Boris)

K-Sport (Boris) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:54:49 +0000

only spectra, rio and rondo sales are rising. lets see what happens with the new optima.