Kia delivers 1000th Soul in the UK market only 100 days after its inaugural launch. The most popular Soul in the UK is Vanilla coated “Shaker”, equipped with CRDI diesel engine.
If you followed our monthly sales reports lately, you must have noticed increasing US sales numbers for the Soul crossover. Since Kia put its youth-oriented crossover on sale four months ago, more than 8.000 people drove it home already. And these are only US sales numbers. If we add around 1000 Souls that are being sold in Canada each month and count also increasing European sales, it becomes more obvious that the 2010 Soul is a vey, very popular in just about every corner of the globe.
Soul has been selling particularly well in the UK market. According to Kia Motors UK, the company needed only 100 days to sell the 1000th Soul! Selling 1000 cars of one model in only 100 days after its official launch is a major milestone for the company, especially when considering the current economic gloom. So congrats to all of you @ Kia UK!
A happy Soul owner has driven home the Soul Shaker, coated in Vanilla exterior color and equipped with 1.6L CRDi diesel engine. His Soul Shaker runs on 18-inch alloy wheels and features a unique houndstooth interior trim. It is also equipped with a small LCD screen positioned in the rear view mirror that turns on when the shifter’s moved to reverse mode. From my Soul test-drive experience, this is a very useful part of equipment that every car should have applied.
Most popular model in the UKs Soul range is the Soul 2 making up almost 50 per cent of the sales mix split almost evenly between petrol and diesel – diesel is slightly favored. The best-selling Soul Original from the range is the Vanilla wrapped Shaker CRDi, taking just over 16 per cent of Soul sales.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
At this rate, they’ll reach 200,000 units quicker than the cee’d. Way to go.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Yipeee!! The SOUL will really help change people’s perceptions of Kia =D
June 12th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
So… 1000 souls in 100 days in UK… is that supposed to be impressive? I mean, no offense, but here in the states we are selling around 4000 in a month… =P…
June 12th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Uh, the UK has a lot less people. The Soul-to-person rate in the UK is higher than the Soul-to-person rate in the USA.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
That’s right Greg. This might not seem impressive for US market, but it is in the UK!
June 13th, 2009 at 12:35 am
i still wish we had a diesel soul or anything in america…
June 13th, 2009 at 6:51 am
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June 13th, 2009 at 6:52 am
this is awesome news for soul and those numbers are really impressive! but its still not on sale here! [uae]
what’s keeping them? are they short on supply cuz of this demand?
June 13th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
thats great , i love my Java ! soul but why can’t i get the diesel in the U.S it would sell just as fast if not faster ~~why does my goverment keep me in the gasoline engine ???
June 14th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I see the Love Bug Soul and the Starsky and Hutch Torino Soul, I am going to have the First Batmobile Soul..
June 15th, 2009 at 8:00 am
This is an awesome car, but here in South Africa its been watered down like always, giving us none of the customization that is a vital part of the Soul. And it seems a bit pricey.
June 15th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Congrats KIA .. I am one of the 16% Vanilla shaker owners and proud of it not the biggest of boot space ….But it is a head turner and great fun to drive…