Kia Announces Best Ever April Sales, Sportage Sales Hit 7,000 Units

Kia Motors America have barely finished celebrating their best first quarter in company history, and now they have something else to get excited about.

Kia had a spectacular sales month in April 2016, delivering 56,508 units, good for a 6.1% jump over last year’s number.

The 2017 Sportage (78.9% sales increase), which was all-new for this model year, and the Forte (35.6% sales increase) were big winners, but it really was a sales success across the board for Kia.

Michael Sprague, chief operating officer and EVP, KMA, said that the push made to introduce new Kia buyers to the models on offer was really paying dividends.

He doesn’t feel that this is a major surprise, especially since Kia is now being recognized in the industry as a leader in design, quality, and technology.

All of this has helped advance Kia in what is arguably the high point of their time in the US.

Besides the aforementioned Sportage (7,645 units) and Forte (9,740 units), there were a number of other strong performers.

The Soul once again led the way, moving 11,517 units in April, followed by the Optima (11,224), Sorento (10,353), Sedona (2,896), Rio (2,523), Cadenza (533), and K900 (77).

Meanwhile, the Soul EV recorded the sales of 139 units lat month (all together 359 units have been sold in 2016).

All signs point to Kia being able to maintain this upward trend, as the demand for their vehicles is higher now than it has ever been before.

It’s going to be interesting to see which Kia models emerge as the big winners in the coming months.

Kia sales by model – April 2016

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