Kia Motors Posts 13.4% Global Sales Growth in March

Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for March 2012, recording a total of 245,238 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 13.4%.

In March, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world with an exception of Kia's home market of Korea – 29.4% in North America (64,133 units sold); 19.3% in Europe (54,106); 19.1% in China (40,427 units sold); 8.0% in general markets (44,522 units sold); and a -8.8% decrease in (42,050 units sold) in Korea.