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 September 2010, recording a total of 187,251 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 20.6%. In September, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world – 44.4% in general markets (41,425 units sold), 33.2% in North America (34,816 units sold), 24.8% in China (31,645 units sold), 8.7% in Europe (39,174 units sold) and 3.0% in Korea (40,191 units sold).