Within a whisker of 50k sales in February. Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – Mar. 1, 2015 Kia February 2016 Sales Overview Kia announced it achieved its best-ever February sales of 49,737 vehicles, up 13 percent increase over the 44,030 sold in February of 2015. Year to date, sales of 88,042 vehicles are up 6.9 percent over the 82,329 sold through the same period of 2015. Kia February 2016 Sales Highlights The Forte was picked up by 8,187 new owners, up 47.5 percent over the 5,549 sold in February of 2015. Year to date, 13,516 have been sold, up 12.9 percent over the 11,971 sold through the same period of 2015. In February GM and especially Chrysler picked up significant market share while Kia's rise is coming out of Hyundai's hide. U.S. February 2016 Sales vs. February 2015 Sales Ranks and Results for the top 14 Automobile Manufacturers GM February 2016 Sales Down 1.5% with 227,825 Vehicles Sold Ford February 2016 Sales Up 20.1% with 209,153 Vehicles Sold Toyota February 2016 Sales Up 4.1% with 187,954 Vehicles Sold FCA February 2016 Sales Up 11.8% with 182,879 Vehicles Sold Nissan February 20165 Sales Up 10.5% with 130,911 Vehicles Sold Honda February 2016 Sales Up 12.8% with 118,985 Vehicles Sold Hyundai February 2016 Sales Up 1.0% with 53,009 Vehicles Sold Kia February 2016 Sales Up 13.0% with 49,737 Vehicles Sold Subaru February 2016 Sales Up 1.6% with 42,011 Vehicles Sold Mercedes-Benz February 2016 Sales Down 0.5% with 25,632 Vehicles Sold BMW February 2016 Sales Down 12.4% with 25,337 Vehicles Sold VW February 2016 Sales Down 13.2% with 22,321 Vehicles Sold Mazda February 2016 Sales Down 16.0% with 21,544 Vehicles Sold Audi February 2016 Sales Up 2.3% with 11,718 Vehicles Sold In February, notice how Nissan is increasing the sales gap over Honda and Kia not only overtook Subaru but is quickly coming up on Hyundai’s heels. The seasonally adjusted annual selling rate (SAAR) for light vehicles in February was 17.7 million vehicles.
Kia seems to be moving up quickly. I think their CUV hybrid will outsell the Ioniq cousin. This is just my acceptance that CUVs have taken over the landscape all around me.
Hyundai and Kia seem to be the new Toyota and Honda of yesteryear. I truly believe that some of the innovations that we are seeing from the other companies are due to how far Hyundai and Kia seem to be pushing the envelope. They are giving people a great car at a decent price. Now, as long as they don't sit back on their laurels and think they can start charging ridiculous prices just off of their name I truly think that they are going to a lot farther than what the 80s and 90s would have had us perceive.
Let's see if the Hyundai/Kia cheerleaders are still happy after ten years of ownership. There's a REASON why they depreciate faster than comparable Honda and Toyota models.
Everyone/thing matures eventually, and with maturity, the bugs get worked out. Well... almost everyone. (with my own hand up)
