(October 9, 2012) Kia Motors announced today its global sales figures — export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants — for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for September was 246,733 units sold.

This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 13.3%.

In September, Kia posted strong year-on-year sales increases of 31.3% in North America (55,135 units sold); 23.6% in general markets (49,911 units sold); 18.5% in Europe (55,981 units sold); and 1.1% in China (46,676 units sold). Meanwhile, September sales in Kia's home market of Korea decreased by 7.0% (39,030 units sold) year-on-year.