Kia Motors Corporation has announced its global sales figures recording a total of 205,876 units sold, representing a year-on-year increase of 21.3 per cent.

The figures include export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for February 2012, a statement from the company said.

Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world in February with 41.8 per cent in China (38,007 units sold), 35.5 per cent in North America (49,682 units sold), 30.6 per cent in Europe (38,703), 5.0 per cent in general markets (39,472 units sold), and 2.5 per cent in Kia’s home market of Korea (40,012 units sold).

Cumulatively, through the first two months of 2012, its global sales have increased by 12 per cent year-on-year to reach 391,160 units.

North America and Europe have experienced the highest cumulative gains to date in 2012 of 31.8 per cent (88,973 units sold) and 31.8 per cent (74,555 units sold), respectively.

Kia said its best selling model in overseas markets was the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in China) with 37,146 units sold.

The C-segment Cerato (known as ‘Forte’ in some markets) was the second best seller with 26,615 units delivered, while the Sportage compact CUV, D-segment Optima sedan and Sorento mid-size CUV followed with 25,011, 18,444 and 15,947 units sold, respectively. – TradeArabia News Service