February 2018: Kia Motors America

[William Maley]

Kia Motors America Announces February Sales

• Best-Ever February Sales for the Sportage CUV

IRVINE, Calif., March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia Motors America today announced February sales of 40,672 vehicles, highlighted by best-ever February sales of the Sportage CUV. The month also saw the third straight monthly increase in retail deliveries of the all-new Stinger sportback sedan.

"Kia continued to buck market trends in February with double digit year-over-year increases for the Rio and Cadenza car lines despite a nearly 40-percent decrease in overall fleet deliveries compared to the same period last year," said Bill Peffer, vice president, sales operations, Kia Motors America. "Together, sales of the Sportage and Sorento CUVs were up 8.5-percent over February 2017, and there are a host of new and refreshed products headed to showrooms this calendar year that will continue driving traffic and attracting new customers."

			MONTH OF FEBRUARY			YEAR-TO-DATE
	Model		2018		2017	2018		2017
	Rio		1,539		840	2,878		1,826
	Forte		7,662		8,506	14,350		14,773
	Optima		6,402		8,892	11,600		16,741
	Cadenza		652		372	1,412		688
	Stinger		1,344		N/A	2,365		N/A
	K900		32		31	54		65
	Soul		6,631		7,702	12,569		15,494
	Niro		2,072		2,143	3,857		2,185
	Sportage		5,867		5,231	11,579		9,854
	Sorento		7,236		6,845	13,359		13,024
	Sedona		1,235		2,111	2,277		3,649
	Total		40,672		42,673	76,300		78,299

[G. David Felt]

Decent sales numbers with just a minor drop in sales.

[A Horse With No Name]

Glad to see the Stinger doing well.