Kia Motors Posts 23.4% Increase in May Global Sales

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 May 2010, recording a total of 175,098 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 23.4%. In May, Kia posted healthy year-on-year sales increases in all sales regions: 59.3% in general markets (37,318 units sold), 28.9% in China (26,101 units sold), 19.5% in North America (37,162 units sold), 18.7% in Europe (34,503 units sold) and 5.0% in Korea (40,014 units sold).