Kia Motors Posts 26.0% Global Sales Growth in July

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 July 2010, recording a total of 180,930 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 26.0%. In July, Kia posted healthy year-on-year sales increases in all sales regions: 59.6% in general markets (38,797 units sold), 29.6% in Korea (45,100 units sold), 19.2% in North America (41,071 units sold), 16.7% in Europe (32,257 units sold) and 6.0% in China (23,705 units sold).