Kia Motors America and SiriusXM Expand and Extend Their Long-Term Agreement
SiriusXM has announced an expansion of its long-term agreement with Kia Motors America, extending their relationship through 2025. Starting with model year 2022 vehicles, SiriusXM is set to become a standard feature across nearly all Kia models sold in the U.S. Customers purchasing or leasing these vehicles will receive a three-month subscription to SiriusXM All Access, featuring comprehensive content access. This partnership aims to enhance the driving experience for Kia customers and reflects the growing popularity of SiriusXM's audio entertainment offerings.
- SiriusXM becomes a standard feature in nearly all Kia vehicles by model year 2022, potentially increasing subscription growth.
- Three-month subscription to SiriusXM All Access offered to Kia customers, enhancing value proposition.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM and Kia Motors America announced today an expansion of their long-term agreement. The two companies are extending their relationship through 2025, and over the course of the agreement Kia will significantly broaden the installation of SiriusXM throughout Kia models and trims produced in North America. This increased penetration rate will begin with model year 2022 vehicles and means SiriusXM is targeted to become a standard feature on nearly all of Kia vehicles sold at retail in the U.S.
Kia customers purchasing or leasing SiriusXM equipped vehicles will continue to receive a three-month subscription to SiriusXM All Access, SiriusXM's most robust programming package. SiriusXM All Access delivers to consumers SiriusXM's full lineup of varied content, plus access to SiriusXM outside their vehicles on the SiriusXM app and on connected devices and speakers in their homes. Customers who purchase or lease Kia Certified Pre-Owned vehicles will also continue to receive a three-month subscription to SiriusXM All Access.
"Our customers love SiriusXM and we're excited to be announcing our plans to make it a standard feature across the vast majority of all vehicles sold at retail," said Bill Peffer, vice president, sales operations, Kia Motors America. "When you come to our dealerships and experience one of our award-winning models – from the ultra-popular Telluride to the Top-Safety Pick Forte to the sporty Stinger and so many more – that experience will be enhanced by SiriusXM's world class programming and the best in audio entertainment in more Kias than ever before."
"We are thrilled and very proud to be expanding our relationship with Kia and making SiriusXM a retail standard feature across most of their lineup. That is a wonderful testament to the continued popularity of our content and we want every Kia customer to be able to drive off the lot enjoying SiriusXM," said James Wu, VP, Automotive Partnerships for SiriusXM. "Kia boasts a distinguished lineup of vehicles and their commitment to innovative design, technology, safety and durability consistently puts them among the top brands for customer loyalty. The extension of our long-term agreement ensures that the Kia-SiriusXM relationship will continue to grow and serve those customers well for many years to come."
For more information on all the programming that SiriusXM offers, and all the ways subscribers can listen, visit www.SiriusXM.com.
About Kia Motors America
Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia Motors America continues to top quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and offers a complete range of vehicles sold through a network of nearly 800 dealers in the U.S., including cars and SUVs proudly assembled in West Point, Georgia.
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About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio entertainment company in the U.S., and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM and Pandora's properties reach more than 150 million listeners, the largest addressable audience in the U.S., across all categories of digital audio – music, sports, talk, and podcasts. SiriusXM's acquisitions of Stitcher and Simplecast, alongside industry-leading ad tech company AdsWizz, make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.
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a substantial number of our Sirius XM subscribers periodically cancel their subscriptions and we cannot predict how successful we will be at retaining customers; our ability to profitably attract and retain subscribers to our Sirius XM service as our marketing efforts reach more price-sensitive consumers is uncertain; our failure to convince advertisers of the benefits of our Pandora ad-supported service could harm our business; if we are unable to maintain revenue growth from our advertising products, particularly in mobile advertising, our results of operations will be adversely affected; if we fail to accurately predict and play music, comedy or other content that our Pandora listeners enjoy, we may fail to retain existing and attract new listeners; if we fail to protect the security of personal information about our customers, we could be subject to costly government enforcement actions and private litigation and our reputation could suffer; interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems could impair the delivery of our service and harm our business; 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