Kia posts 36% sales increase

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 April 2010, recording a total of 174,505 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 36.0%. In April, Kia posted impressive double digit year-on-year sales increases in all sales regions: 62.9% in general markets (38,926 units sold), 54.6% in China (28,082 units sold), 32.8% in Korea (38,513 units sold), 24.1% in Europe (33,891 units sold) and 17.4% in North America (35,093 units sold).