Articles tagged with: Kia
2012 sales pick up where 2011 left off.
As expected, January 2012 auto sales rose, maintaining a trend that unfolded in 2010 and picked up in 2011. Volkswagen reported a sales increase of 47.9 percent, recording …
12.78 million sales & 10.3 percent increase.
Updated: 11:17 a.m.; January 5, 2012
December 2011 auto sales figures are in, enabling us to gauge the month and year just ended. As expected, the news is generally good …
Hyundai has a big problem, one that other car manufacturers would love to have, but at least with a solution available: the automaker has nearly run out of manufacturing capacity. And not just in the …
Industry sales jump by 14 percent over November 2010.
There isn’t anything pretty about statistical information. Unless you’re a statistician.
We’ve been reporting U.S. auto sales for several years now, in keeping with our “auto trends” theme. …
Sales continue to rise for an industry in recovery.
Chrysler and Volkswagen paced October’s U.S. auto sales, rising 27 and 36 percent respectively. Together with all manufacturers reporting, sales rose by 8 percent for the month …
The global sales surge of Hyundai and Kia.
The top echelon of the auto industry has been led by Toyota over the past few years, with a recovering General Motors looking as it may outsell its …
Sales of new cars in the United States rose by 9.9 percent for September 2011 reports Autodata Corp. General Motors continued to put some distance between itself and second place Ford with its sales rising …
Korean models set the pace again.
Automakers doing business in the United States have tabulated sales for July 2011, with reporting data through August 1 included.
U.S. auto sales for July 2011 returned mostly flat although Hyundai, …
Nissan faces stiff head winds as it seeks more customers.
Nissan USA has ambitious growth plans for the American market, as it seeks to increase its market share from 8 to 10 percent as reported by …
June sales recover, but still fall short of expectations.
Auto sales rose by 7 percent for June 2011, recovering from May’s decline, but still fell short of predictions. As expected, Toyota and Honda continued to feel …
Chrysler Outsells Toyota and Honda.
RALEIGH, N.C. — As expected, May 2011 auto sales decreased for the month, reflecting ongoing supply problems in Japan following a devasting March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Toyota sales fell by …
When it comes to auto trends, monthly sales are a huge determinant in just how well any car manufacturer is performing. In recent years, Subaru, Hyundai and Kia have consistently seen its sales rise even …
Hyundai’s engine plant in Montgomery, Alabama, will soon benefit from a $173 million expansion, an investment the automaker says will create 214 new jobs. Hyundai, which builds its popular Sonata midsize sedan and Elantra compact …
Save money on your new car purchase thanks to fresh incentives.
If you’ve been shopping for a new car over the past month or so, you may have been disappointed to find that some of the …
U.S. auto sales for March 2011 continue to show promise although the momentum seen in February seems to have slowed a bit. Higher fuel prices, global uncertainty and a tepid economic recovery are factors which …
Of all of the auto trends we’ve been observing in the past year, U.S. auto sales have offered one constant: they’re trending upward and they’re doing so at a clip that confirms we’re entering a …
U.S. auto sales data for January 2011 is in and the results are good: sales rose by 17.3 percent, with all three Detroit manufacturers reporting double-digit increases over January 2010. GM and Chrysler reported identical …
The two largest Korean automakers continue to make their collective presence known in the United States. Hyundai and Kia both recorded their best year for U.S. sales in 2010 with Hyundai selling 538,228 vehicles (up …
Though the two Korean automakers run most of their operations separately, Hyundai and Kia are joined at the hip in what is known as the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. Hyundai owns 38 percent of Kia, …
Like its Korean cousin, Hyundai, Kia has been making great strides in recent years to produce cars that are much more desirable than what they sold as recently as five years ago. The 2011 Kia …
Breaking sales records in an off-year is notable, but doing so when the overall market is still off by at least 30 percent from its earlier highs is commendable.
U.S. new car sales for 2010 will …
As expected, November 2010 U.S. auto sales rose, increasing by approximately 17 percent over November 2009.[1] Across the board increases were enjoyed by all major car manufacturers except for Toyota with General Motors leading the …
It wasn’t too many years ago when I described at least one Kia model as being a throw away car, raising the ire of a handful of readers who felt that I had insulted them …
As expected, October 2010 U.S. auto sales were up over October 2009, but down slightly from September 2010. Chrysler, Hyundai, Ford, Honda, Kia and Nissan were among the big winners. Toyota, still reeling from its …
September 2010 may prove to be the turning point for this lagging economy if U.S. auto sales data released today are any indication of such. Automotive sales have been weak for most of the past …
On the heels of its success in building its Sonata sedan in the states, Hyundai will begin producing its compact Elantra in Alabama later this year. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) gained additional manufacturing capacity when …
All throughout the month of August, reports that the month’s auto sales would plunge surfaced time and again. This reporting was wholly unnecessary or at least overdone as an obvious factor was kicking in: August …
What might be the best way for an automaker to increase respect (and sales) for its product line? By renaming its models. At least that is the thinking of Kia Motors, the Korean automaker compromising …
Talk about poor timing: Kia Motors introduced its premium Borrego sport/utility vehicle in August 2008 about the same time gas prices peeked and just before automotive sales dropped following the stock market collapse that fall. …
When the 2009 auto sales period comes to an end on January 4, 2010, there will be some notable winners, but a whole lot more losers once final figures have been tallied. According to TrueCar.com, …
Kia Motors is waging a friendly battle with its former rival and current business partner, Hyundai Motors. Both Korean automakers have been defying industry trends and are selling more cars and gaining market share at …
The Kia Motor Company has long lived in the shadow of its Korean cousin, Hyundai Motors, playing second fiddle to an automaker who has been busy reinventing its own image. Kia, which has long stood …
Hyundai Motors and their affiliate company, Kia, have aggressive plans to expand build capacity over the next two years. Based on Hyundai’s projections, the company believes that owning 9% of the global market is possible, …
