Kia Motors America June 2016 Sales Jump 15,6%

The power of landing at the top of the J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Survey became quickly apparent to Kia, as they saw their sales jump 15.6% over last year after the results of the survey were released.

All told, Kia moved 62,572 units in June, which helped them achieve their greatest quarter and half-year sales to date.

This is the 5^th time in a six-month span that Kia has set a monthly sales record, with the Forte, Sportage, and Sorrento all having big sales months in June.

Kia top-sellers in June 2016

As has been the case for a while now, it was the Kia Soul that led the way with 12,229 units sold, followed closely by the Sorento CUV with 12,118 units sold.

Coming in third after those two hot sellers was the Optima sedan with sales of 9,180. This is not such great news, though, as that number is quite a big drop over last June.

The Forte performed rally well, delivering 9,100 units sold, while the Sportage compact crossover more than doubled its sales output from June 2015, moving 8,549 units.

The Rio subcompact also did well, crossing the 5,000 units sold mark last month.

All told, Kia have sold 328,327 through the first half of the year, and have a number of contributing factor to thank for their success, such as:

• The Sportage compact SUV experiencing a 76.3% increase in sales over last year, including its best ever sales month in May.
• A record braking first half performance by the Forte family, which included an all-time record of 10,406 units sold in March.
• The continued success of the Soul, which is well on its way to breaking sales records for 7-straight years.

Meanwhile, Kia sold 134 units of the all electric Soul EV!

Kia sales by model detailed

There is a pretty good chance that things are going to get even better for Kia Motors America, especially now that the busy summer sales months are here.

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