Kia Motors Records 3.3% Global Sales Growth in January

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 January 2012, recording a total of 185,284 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 3.3%. In January, Kia posted strong double digit year-on-year sales increases in two of its major sales regions – 33.2% in Europe (35,852 units sold) and 27.4% in North America (39,291 units sold). It was the highest total global January sales ever for Kia.