Fast Start to 2026 Extends Kia’s Record-Breaking Sales Run

• Following best-ever annual sales in 2025, total January sales increased 13 percent year-over-year
• Carnival, Sportage, K5, Telluride, Seltos and K4 each post January records
• Sales of all electrified models and SUVs set new January records

Kia America’s record-breaking sales streak continued into the new year with January sales of 64,502 units, a 13 percent increase over the previous high set in January 2025.

Six Kia models – Carnival (+60 percent); Sportage (+23 percent); K5 (+8 percent); Telluride (+7 percent); Seltos (+6 percent) and K4 (+2 percent) – posted best-ever January sales and sales of Kia’s electrified models (+45 percent) and SUVs (+14 percent) also set new January sales records.