Kia Motors achieves record high sales in the States in July, while both, Kia Soul and Forte post very strong sales!

Kia Motors America reported earlier today that it has achieved record high sales in July, thanks to impressive sales of both new models, the 2010 Soul crossover and Forte compact sedan. Kia’s July 2009 sales rose up for a total of 29,345 units, while its year-to-date-sales now stands at impressive 176,749 units.

Kia Forte has hardly hit the dealers in the States and yet, it has already achieved an impressive sales result. In it’s first full month in American market, Forte sales totaled at 3,631 units, which is very encouraging for the coming months.

Kia Forte is a compact sedan that is going to replace Spectra sedan, Kia’s best selling model for years. Spectra has not been discontinued from Kia’s line-up just yet and it still performs pretty well. Despite it’s age, Spectra remains to be one of the hottest selling Kia vehicle in the States.

The best selling Kia last month was Sportage SUV with 7,266 units sold. It was closely followed by Spectra and Soul crossover with sales of 5,616 and 4,853 units respectively. Soul has once again proved to be an attractive buy as it’s sales increased more than 2,000 units from June.

In the first seven months of fiscal year, Kia sold 176,749 units in the States. In addition, Korean carmaker also has achieved record market share gain in 2009, rising nearly 50 percent to a 3.1 percent share! “Our brand messaging is resonating with consumers and is a true indicator of the company’s growth in the past year with nearly 29 percent of July sales from new Soul and Forte models,” said Tom Loveless, vice president of sales at Kia Motors America. “We are sustaining momentum for the fifth consecutive month this year, up 9.3 percent from June, and showroom traffic has more than doubled in the final week of July with the C.A.R.S. program in full swing.”

Kia sales by model table: July 2009