Kia Motors Posts 22.7% Global Sales Growth in October

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 October 2010, recording a total of 182,288 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 22.7%. In October, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world – 36.8% in North America (35,687 units sold), 30.0% in general markets (38,498 units sold), 25.0% in China (31,124 units sold), 19.8% in Korea (43,147 units sold) and 5.9% in Europe (33,832 units sold).