USA SALES AUGUST - KIA - This young gun is has reported its best ever August in the good Ol' US of A.

• All-Time Best Soul Sales Power Kia to Fourth Consecutive Monthly Sales Record; 
• Year-To-Date Sales Up 5.4 Percent

Continuing to gain momentum, Kia Motors America (KMA) today reported best-ever August sales of 58,897 vehicles, a 7.7-percent increase over the same period last year and the brand’s fourth straight monthly sales record. 

Soul sales spiked to an all-time high single nameplate monthly sales total of 17,108 units, while other top movers in August included Optima and Sorento with 13,980 and 10,211 units sold, respectively. Kia is up 5.4 percent year-to-date.

“Kia has outpaced the industry all year, and that trend continued in August as we set our fourth consecutive monthly sales record despite significant turbulence in the stock market and not having the benefit of Labor Day weekend sales,” said Michael Sprague, Chief Operating Officer and EVP, KMA.  
“Since its introduction in 2009, the wildly popular Soul has been one of the industry’s greatest success stories, and its record-setting August performance comes on the heels of being the highest ranked compact multi-purpose vehicle in initial quality by J.D. Power."

	MONTH OF AUGUST		YEAR-TO-DATE
Model	2015	2014	2015	2014
Rio	1,734	3,390	18,796	27,147
Forte	6,862	5,759	57,912	49,276
Optima	13,980	15,337	106,584	111,738
Cadenza	322	522	4,021	6,524
K900	386	102	1,576	1,050
Sportage	5,749	4,494	34,996	28,862
Sorento	10,211	9,302	76,381	69,972
Sedona	2,545	692	26,825	5,043
Soul	17,108	15,069	99,069	104,777
Total	58,897	54,667	426,160	404,389