Kia Motors' June 2020 retail sales close to 2019 despite production shortages

Kia Motors America posted a June sales total of 47,870 vehicles and an approximate 6% year-over-year retail sales increase.

The Telluride sold 2,864 units this June as compared to 5,989 in the same month last year, according to PR Newswire.

Sorento, the best upper midsize SUV in the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) outperformed the rest of the models while Sportage SUV delivered its best-ever June retail performance.

Additionally, Kia earned the highest-ranked mass market brand for the sixth year in a row in this year’s IQS.

"Despite the pandemic, demand for Kia's world-class offerings such as the Telluride remains extraordinarily high. In fact, on a selling day adjusted basis, Kia's retail sales were up nearly 6% year-over-year," Bill Peffer, vice president, sales operations, Kia Motors America, said. "Kia has once again topped the industry in initial quality and we are ready to begin the next chapter of our product story with the arrival of the all-new 2021 K5, which has been very well received by the media thus far, and consumers are already reaching out for details on future availability."