Thread: Kia Soul continues strong sales

Souls continue to sell like hotcakes: "Cars So Hot They Are Out of Stock." Check out #5 on the list. (Article dated December 31, 2012.)

that's right and they same from Autoblog (jan 7) These 10 cars are so popular... they're out of stock!

Sorento - 1022 (953)
Rio - 889 (412)
Optima - 473 (383)
Forte - 440 (576)
Sportage - 424 (354)
Soul - 371 (480)
Rondo - 258 (201)
Sedona - 83 (49)

Forte - 14,856 (13,984)
Sorento - 14,031 (15,105)
Rio - 13,949 (6,849)
Optima - 11,992 (2,187)
Sportage - 8,107 (7,766)
Soul - 7,560 (11,651)
Rondo - 6,316 (6,154)
Sedona - 985 (1,290)

Note: there are no 2013 models for the Rondo and Sedona.

something a little different that I do not post each month, but track it anyway, this is the Korean export production for vehicles that are sold in North America. You will see from this that the new Forte (K3) is already in production but will not be available to NA for a few months yet (probably March-April), also you will notice the massive drop in the Forte Koup, Rondo and Sedona (the last two still being 2012 models). I think the all new Rondo/Carens will start this month, but not confirmed on that. Still no word with regards the all new Sedona.

The production at the US plant does not show that they also built 49,712 Santa Fe's at that same plant. All the Optima's built at this plant supply the US, none go to Canada as they are still coming from Korea. US hybrid models are still built in Korea.

here's the figures for December on my none scientific vehicle comparisons:

USA:
Nissan Cube - 589
Scion xD - 677
Suzuki SX4 - 1051
Scion xB - 1,391
Honda Fit - 3,680
Kia Soul - 7,177

CANADA:
Nissan Cube - 12
Scion xD - 49
Scion xB - 74
Suzuki SX4 - 146
Honda Fit - 357
Kia Soul - 371

now for the comparisons for the whole year

USA:
Nissan Cube - 7,667
Scion xD - 10,756
Suzuki SX4 - 12,860
Scion xB - 19,787
Honda Fit - 49,346
Kia Soul - 115,778

CANADA:
Nissan Cube - 318
Scion xD - 674
Scion xB - 1,086
Suzuki SX4 - 2,963
Honda Fit - 4,736
Kia Soul - 7,560

The cube business is really booming in Canada eh?


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Originally Posted by msnider

The cube business is really booming in Canada eh?

Nissan Canada doesn't even have a 2013 Cube on their website.