- 69,002 models bought in October units new month-to-month gross sales document
- Gross sales by way of Kia retailers set new October year-to-date document, growing 8-percent over 2024
- Finest-ever October performances for the Carnival, Sportage and K5
Kia America delivered finest October gross sales with a complete of 69,002 models, setting Kia firmly on tempo to ship all-time finest annual quantity for the third straight yr. This upward trajectory continues to be pushed by retail gross sales at Kia dealerships with an 8-percent year-to-date achieve over 2024. Kia has bought 705,150 models in 2025, marking an 8-percent improve in gross sales year-to-date.
5 Kia fashions – Niro (+75 p.c); Carnival (+35 p.c); K5 (+31 p.c); Seltos (+32 p.c) and Sportage (+17 p.c) posted notable year-over-year October will increase, with Carnival (+35 p.c); Sportage (+17 p.c) and K5 (+1 p.c) every setting new October gross sales information. Gross sales of Kia’s electrified fashions (+16 p.c) and SUVs (+2 p.c) elevated over the identical interval final yr, illustrating the recognition of the model’s various mannequin line-up.
“Regardless of the quite a few challenges dealing with the automotive trade, Kia is targeted on long-term development supporting our prospects with a various mannequin lineup that delivers excellent worth, and we proceed to be on tempo to ship our third consecutive annual gross sales document,” stated Eric Watson, vice-president, gross sales operations, Kia America. “With the second-generation Telluride SUV set to debut at this month’s Los Angeles Auto Present, Kia launched off-road footage of the camouflaged mannequin to additional heighten the client’s anticipation. Kia’s future stays very shiny, and the model will proceed to develop as we transfer into the essential vacation gross sales season and into the brand new yr.”
Along with the month-to-month gross sales efficiency, Kia America additionally made further bulletins, together with:
- Kia revealed the primary teaser photographs of the upcoming all-new 2027 Telluride SUV forward of its international debut on the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Present. On November 20, Kia America will pull the covers off one of the vital anticipated new autos of the yr and unveil the second technology of one of many model’s most profitable autos in firm historical past.
- Kia additionally celebrated the transformative energy of Telluride by way of a brand new artistic marketing campaign that highlighted the starring function Telluride performed in Kia’s complete model transformation. As the primary Kia designed particularly for the U.S., the Telluride stands alone as the one SUV to seize World Automobile of the 12 months, North American Utility Car of the 12 months, MotorTrend SUV of the 12 months and Automobile and Driver 10Best honors – in the identical yr (2020).
- The discontinuation of the Kia Soul which is taken into account by many to be the primary manufacturing automobile in Kia’s design-led and historic transformation, the Soul attracted new prospects to the model by projecting the form of individuality and optimism that appealed to each the younger and the young-at-heart. The final Soul mannequin will roll off the manufacturing line on the conclusion of the 2025 mannequin yr. Greater than 1.5 million Kia Souls have been bought within the U.S. since 2009.
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MONTH OF OCTOBER |
OCTOBER YEAR TO DATE |
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|
Mannequin |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
EV9 |
666 |
1941 |
13,114 |
17911 |
|
EV6 |
508 |
1,732 |
11,585 |
17,717 |
|
K4/Forte |
9,955 |
12,858 |
117,598 |
116,862 |
|
K5 |
7,631 |
5,818 |
60,212 |
34,294 |
|
Soul |
3,991 |
4,622 |
44,399 |
44,716 |
|
Niro |
2,698 |
1,546 |
22,807 |
26,678 |
|
Seltos |
5,622 |
4,266 |
45,687 |
52,443 |
|
Sportage |
16,057 |
13,681 |
150,159 |
132,439 |
|
Sorento |
6,698 |
7,841 |
80,710 |
77,017 |
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Telluride |
8,571 |
9,694 |
101,069 |
91,448 |
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Carnival |
6,605 |
4,909 |
57,810 |
39,636 |
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Whole |
69,002 |
68,908 |
705,150 |
653,078 |

