Best-Selling Kia Models In July 2014: Soul, Optima, Sorento

Kia Motors America has just announced another record-breaking month with July 2014 sales soaring 6,7% from a year ago.

The automaker sold 52,309 new vehicles last month, while their year-to-date sales totaled 349,722 units, up 7,2% from a year ago.

The big news of Kia’s latest sales report is the fact that the increasingly popular Soul crossover vehicle surpassed the Optima mid-size sedan as the carmaker’s best-selling nameplate in July.

It has happened for the very-first time in more than two years that the Optima has been overtaken by another Kia model.

Here are the monthly sales figures for both top-sellers:

• Soul: 14,709 units sold (10,160 in July 2013)
• Optima: 13,588 units sold (13,752 in July 2013)

Kia has just released full details on their updated 2015 Soul with slightly enhanced trim levels, making the model even more attractive for the consumers. Expect the Soul to sell even better in the coming months.

Kia Sales By Model

Following the Soul and Optima were Kia Sorento and Forte with the sales of 8,749 and 5,566 units, respectively.

The Sorento will soon be replaced by a fully redesigned model, so you can expect to see the numbers fall slightly, before picking up when Kia starts to run a full scale production.

Speaking of Kia’s largest SUV in the States, the model has just-recently been teased ahead of its official Korean-market debut, scheduled for August 2014. You can see the official image renderings of the next-generation Sorento SUV here.

The Sportage compact SUV is another top performer for the brand with sales nearly double from the same month a year ago.

More than 4,000 Sportage models were sold last month, while in the same month a year earlier, Kia only managed to move 2,523 units. Find the model’s exact sales figures in the table below.

There were a few vehicles, including the 2015 Cadenza, Forte and Sedona that experienced quite a drop in sales compared to a year ago.

Coming Soon…

Two new models will be launched in the USA soon. The Sedona MPV and Soul EV (electric vehicle) will go on sale this fall.