Kia Motors America Announces 13 Consecutive Years of Record Sales
Company Posts Best Sales Month Ever
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 3 -- Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced a record thirteenth consecutive year of sales increases and its best month ever. Year-to-date sales for the company in 2006 totaled 294,302 units, 6.7-percent ahead of the record sales pace set in 2005. The Kia Spectra sold more than 70,000 units in 2006, totaling 72,557. Both the Kia Sorento and Kia Sedona models sold more than 50,000 units in 2006, totaling 57,018 and 50,672 units respectively. December sales was the best month ever for the company, totaling 30,004, a 60-percent increase over 2005.
"The continued sales growth of Kia over the past thirteen years has been nothing short of remarkable," said Len Hunt, executive vice president and COO of KMA. "The confidence and integrity that we exude is shown through the quality of vehicles that we are bringing to market. And we will continue to build upon that foundation, instilling a sense of pride and passion for our products with our customers."
Kia Motors America -- the sales, marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corp. in Seoul, South Korea -- offers a complete line of vehicles through more than 630 dealers throughout the United States.
MONTH OF DECEMBER YEAR-TO-DATE
Model 2006 2005 2006 2005
Rio 2,843 2,776 28,388 30,290
Spectra 9,275 2,916 72,557 56,088
Optima 3,834 998 38,408 41,349
Amanti 584 2,565 9,594 18,668
Sportage 4,900 2,681 37,071 29,009
Sorento 2,573 2,970 50,672 47,610
Sedona 5,586 3,861 57,018 52,837
Rondo 409 N/A 594 N/A
Total 30,004 18,767 294,302 275,851
TOTAL U.S. SALES OF KIA VEHICLES
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
January 605 1,227 1,508 2,624 7,197 9,461
February 626 1,053 1,887 2,529 6,196 6,703
March 638 1,309 2,197 3,093 6,082 11,400
April 714 1,256 2,300 3,541 5,530 10,606
May 1,010 1,907 3,481 4,917 6,301 12,795
June 1,053 1,665 4,401 3,992 9,215 13,593
July 1,106 2,662 3,241 5,024 10,095 13,136
August 1,368 2,881 4,229 6,321 8,016 13,138
September 1,528 2,729 3,780 7,123 7,355 11,846
October 1,207 2,437 3,797 5,913 8,634 10,641
November 1,156 2,640 3,174 5,317 4,730 11,820
December 1,152 2,974 2,279 4,931 3,542 9,455
Total 12,163 24,740 36,274 55,325 82,893 134,594
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
January 8,143 12,513 16,574 18,524 17,029 17,154
February 11,392 12,665 17,509 17,769 18,586 20,454
March 12,729 19,159 21,478 21,353 23,769 25,722
April 12,422 16,060 20,366 19,542 23,438 27,158
May 13,709 20,048 22,790 22,007 25,443 25,503
June 16,140 21,188 22,498 20,311 27,636 27,095
July 12,300 19,405 23,061 24,009 23,637 26,052
August 16,454 23,276 23,564 24,758 21,132 23,820
September 16,438 20,585 18,179 19,269 23,001 23,404
October 13,726 24,523 17,960 15,181 22,973 20,631
November 12,643 16,940 18,741 16,173 23,303 20,091
December 14,510 17,365 14,625 18,575 20,108 18,767
Total 160,606 223,727 237,345 237,471 270,055 275,851
2006
January 18,110
February 20,719
March 26,004
April 27,808
May 26,494
June 27,443
July 26,429
August 25,114
September 23,877
October 20,097
November 22,203
December 30,004
Total 294,302