Kia America posts All-Time Greatest Annual Gross sales for The Second Consecutive 12 months

• All-time annual gross sales report for six Kia fashions pushes complete U.S. quantity to 796,488 automobiles
• Firm information seven consecutive years of progress 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 items offered in December, setting a report for the month in addition to the very best annual gross sales determine in firm historical past. Kia’s complete quantity in 2024 reached 796,488 items, 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 pattern that Kia has maintained for the previous seven consecutive years.

In 2024, six Kia fashions set all-time annual gross sales information: 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 for the reason that repeatedly widespread 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 progress in comparison with the earlier yr.

“Reaching back-to-back annual gross sales information together with surpassing shopper gross sales information for seven consecutive years is a validation that our technique is working to additional elevate the Kia model and the potential for sustained progress 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 among 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 every year 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 attraction, and aggressive edge, including to its outstanding monitor report of business recognition.

• Kia’s all-electric, three-row EV9 flagship SUV took dwelling 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 Greatest Autos for Hispanics” by the Hispanic Motor Press. The Kia EV9 took dwelling “Greatest EV of the 12 months,” whereas the Kia Sorento and Kia Sorento Hybrid received “Greatest SUV of the 12 months.”