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 March 2011, recording a total of 216,219 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 21.9%. In March, Kia posted strong double digit year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world – 41.8% in North America (49,573 units sold), 21.3% in Korea (46,100 units sold), 17.9% in China (33,951 units sold), 17.4% in general markets (41,237 units sold), and 12.1% in Europe (45,358 units sold).