Kia America posts All-Time Finest Annual Gross sales for The Second Consecutive Yr

• All-time annual gross sales file for six Kia fashions pushes complete U.S. quantity to 796,488 automobiles
• Firm data seven consecutive years of development in retail gross sales
• Electrical car gross sales up 74-percent year-over-year; SUV and utility lineup gross sales up 8-percent year-over-year

Kia America achieved a complete of 73,303 models bought in December, setting a file for the month in addition to the best annual gross sales determine in firm historical past. Kia’s complete quantity in 2024 reached 796,488 models, marking the second time in as a few years the model completed with best-ever annual gross sales. This back-to-back record-setting efficiency was powered by a major improve in retail gross sales, excluding fleet, a development that Kia has maintained for the previous seven consecutive years.

In 2024, six Kia fashions set all-time annual gross sales data: EV9 (+1,869-percent); Sportage (+15%); Carnival (+14-percent); Forte/K4 (+13-percent); EV6 (+6-percent); and Telluride (+4-percent). December additionally noticed the Telluride attain its highest month-to-month gross sales complete for the second consecutive month because the repeatedly fashionable three-row SUV hit the market in 2019.

Gross sales of Kia’s EVs elevated 74-percent, accounting 7-percent of the 2024 complete gross sales. Furthermore, gross sales of Kia’s rugged and succesful SUVs accounted for 76-percent of the model’s complete annual gross sales, reflecting 8-percent development in comparison with the earlier yr.

“Attaining back-to-back annual gross sales data together with surpassing shopper gross sales data for seven consecutive years is a validation that our technique is working to additional elevate the Kia model and the potential for sustained development within the US market,” stated Seungkyu (Sean) Yoon, president and CEO, Kia North America and Kia America. “Kia has solidified its management place inside the EV market thanks, partly, to the profitable launch of our flagship EV9 SUV and the introduction of Carnival hybrid powertrain, actively responding to the evolving calls for of the market. Kia will leverage our consumer-centric, world-class product choices and preserve this upward, constructive momentum.”

Along with the month-to-month gross sales efficiency, Kia America introduced a number of initiatives, together with:

• The official launch of the all-new 2025 Kia K4 compact sedan.

• The 2025 Telluride SUV has been named one in all Automobile and Driver’s 2025 10Best Vehicles and SUVs, marking the sixth yr in a row the ruggedly refined three-row SUV has earned the celebrated title. This achievement highlights the Telluride’s standing as one of some automobiles to be named a Automobile and Driver 10Best annually it’s been on sale.

• The Kia Telluride as soon as once more acknowledged as a phase chief by the J.D. Energy 2025 U.S. ALG Residual Worth Awards, this time claiming the highest spot within the Midsize SUVs with 3-row seating class for the fourth consecutive yr. This accolade highlights Telluride’s enduring worth, model enchantment, and aggressive edge, including to its outstanding monitor file of business recognition.

• Kia’s all-electric, three-row EV9 flagship SUV took house the celebrated “2024-2025 Electrical SUV of Texas” award as awarded by the Texas Auto Writers Affiliation (TAWA) on the annual 2024 TAWA “Truck Rodeo”.

• Two of Kia America’s hottest SUVs – the all-electric, three-row EV9 and the Sorento – named among the many “2025 Finest Automobiles for Hispanics” by the Hispanic Motor Press. The Kia EV9 took house “Finest EV of the Yr,” whereas the Kia Sorento and Kia Sorento Hybrid gained “Finest SUV of the Yr.”