April 2018: Kia Motors America

[William Maley]

KIA MOTORS AMERICA ANNOUNCES APRIL SALES

• Best-Ever April Sales for the Sportage CUV

IRVINE, Calif., May 1, 2018 – Kia Motors America today announced April sales of 50,585 vehicles, led by the Forte family of compact cars and Sorento SUV. The month also saw the highest April sales total in company history for the Sportage CUV at 7,653 units, and a 34.2-percent year-over-year increase for the Rio subcompacts.

“In addition to best-ever April sales for Sportage and big gains for Rio and Sportage, Stinger reached an important milestone by surpassing the 5,000 units sold mark,” said Bill Peffer, vice president, sales operations, Kia Motors America. “We continue to emphasize retail sales over fleet and with our ‘America’s Best Value’ summer sales event rolling out, the refreshed 2019 Sorento now in showrooms, and the all-new Forte model on the horizon, we will continue to generate momentum throughout the summer sales period.”

	MONTH OF APRIL		YEAR-TO-DATE
Model	2018	2017	2018	2017
Rio	1,964	1,463	6,989	4,535
Forte	9,199	10,496	32,930	35,558
Optima	8,276	10,731	27,886	37,676
Cadenza	510	500	2,689	1,625
Stinger	1,378	N/A	5,298	N/A
K900	40	39	131	147
Soul	8,825	9,182	30,243	33,102
Niro	2,340	2,939	8,675	7,828
Sportage	7,653	5,672	27,112	21,086
Sorento	8,915	9,317	30,301	30,092
Sedona	1,485	3,019	5,276	9,437
Total	50,585	53,358	177,530	181,086