175:. To celebrate the occasion, Kia Canada provided the vehicle along with $ 2,000 worth of options to its purchaser, a single mother and special education teacher named Sonia Blais, for free. Kia Sherbrooke's co-owner Tommy Morissette commented, "She moved us with the work she's been doing for the past 22 years with learning disabilities kids. She said she never won anything in her whole life, but now she's driving one of our vehicles - her second Kia - we're going to take very good care of her, and her Soul."
127:, where it employs approximately 180 people. Kia Canada is best known for its mid-market lineup of sport utility vehicles and crossovers, which are midway in size between SUVs and ordinary sedans, and increasingly for its electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. In 2021, Kia Canada introduced a new logo and slogan, "Movement that inspires". As of 2021, Kia Canada sold nearly 80,000 vehicles a year.
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Sportage as well as the compact Forte. Sales of all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids rose to 4,720. According to US-based Auto Forecast Solutions, Kia Canada sold 43,598 vehicles in the first eight months of 2022, a 24.7% drop from 2021 as auto dealers struggled with low inventories and
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Kia Canada's base model of the EV6 is strategically priced at just under $ 45k to qualify for Canada's federal Zero
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