Kia Motors Posts 21.9% Global Sales Growth in March

Kia Motors Corporation announced its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for March 2011, recording a total of 216,219 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 21.9%. In March, Kia posted strong double digit year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world – 41.8% in North America (49,573 units sold), 21.3% in Korea (46,100 units sold), 17.9% in China (33,951 units sold), 17.4% in general markets (41,237 units sold), and 12.1% in Europe (45,358 units sold).