Kia Motors Posts 19.3% Global Sales Growth in January

Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for January 2011, recording a total of 179,409 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 19.3%. In January, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world – 31.4% in general markets (40,374 units sold), 25.7% in North America (30,838 units sold), 19.1% in Korea (40,502 units sold), 13.6% in China (40,776 units sold), and 6.8% in Europe (26,919 units sold).