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Kia’s US sales soar 45 percent in October
Kia sales in the US market soar 45 percent compared to the same month last year…
October 2009 car sales statistics revealed that Korean car brands, including Kia and Hyundai, increased their new sales by nearly 50 percent compared to the same month last year. Hyundai announced its salesjumped 49 percent, while Kia reported it has experienced a 47 percent increase in October 2009.
Sales of both Korean carmakers have been boosted by rising demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, newly launched models and aggressive marketing campaigns. Combined sales of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group in the US market last month rose to 53.495 units and represents a 47 percent increase over the last year’s sales figures.
According to Kia Motors America, the company sold 22.490 units, while year-to-date sales totaled 261.060 units. As evident from the sales chart published below, Kia’s October sales got a boost from new launches, but older models, such as Optima sedan and sub-compact Rio, also performed very well last month.
The best selling Kia vehicle in the US in October was, once again, Forte compact sedan, which has just recently been accompanied with a sportier two-door Forte Koup model. Combined, Kia sold 4.984 Forte & Forte Koups last month.
Forte was followed by B-segment Rio and Borrego SUV with 4.005 and 3.919 units sold, respectively. October has been Borrego’s best sales month this year and probably its best month ever since its introduction two years ago! To date, Kia sold 8.685 units of Borrego in the US market.
Initial high demand for the Soul has cooled down a bit. Sales have fallen from record-high 5.751 units in August to an average of 2.000+ units in the last two months. October also marks the very first month when Nissan Cube outsold the Soul. Nissan dealers sold 2.097 Cubes, while Kia sold 2.063 units of its funky crossover.
According to Kia, the outlook for the last two months of the year is positive. The upcoming launch of the all-new 2011 Sorento, which has been selected as the official vehicle of the NBA will further enhance the lineup. According to latest reports, production of the 2011 Sorento is already in the running and the very first vehicles have started rolling off production lines a few weeks ago. Exciting!
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LETS HOPE THIS IS THE START OF THIS COUNTRY GETTING BACK JOBS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM…..REMEMBER WHEN SOME ONE BUYS A CAR ,THIS COULD GET MANY BACK TO WORK….WHEN THEY WORK IT PUTS THE MONEY BACK IN FLOW…..WE CAN NOT HOPE FOR THE GOVT.TO MAKE THE JOBS ,ITS THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT IS THE LEADERS FOR THE JOBS,IF THIS GOVT WAKES UP AND SEE THERE MISTAKES MAY BE IT WILL TAKE OFF……KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS……GOD BLESS THE USA&KIA…..
roberto2 U R 100% correct! I could not have said it better myself and tehrefor I will not say it! Vote for change next year, take the house back. Lets go USA, Capitalism and KIA MOTORS!!
Since when did this become a political blog?
Also, himi, I think you meant Nissan Cube, not Note. The Note isn’t sold in the U.S.
Derrick G: Correct, I had a Cube on my mind, but since I’m more familiar with Note (sold here in Europe) I incidentally included it in the text. Sorry for that…
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The ceremonial ‘first vehicle’ off of the West Point line is scheduled for Nov. 16. Most of the vehicles produced to date have been vehicles for journalists to test, or for Kia to add to their ‘private fleet’.
3,919 Borregos sold in October alone? WTF? Am I missing something?
^ Its probably sold as fleets. A sudden increase in sales for one month is usually that way.
Yeah I’m assuming all those Borregos ended up in Enterprises fleet
Good Bye, Spectra. You’ll be missed dearly. =(
The Sorentos that have been built lately are going to dealers for showroom candy. Not to be sold until Jan. The cuv’s that were built for journalists have been been smashed.
Wait, why would they do that? Do they recycle the materials (metals, plastics)
Nope, drain the epa mandated fluids and take the battery out and send it to the smasher.