Kia Motors Corporation announced today its March 2015 global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 269,749 units sold. This figure represents 3.0% year-on-year growth compared to the same month of 2014.

In March, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in China (11.3% growth with 61,431 units sold), the domestic Korean market (8.5% growth with 42,305 units sold) and North America (7.9% growth with 65,426 units sold).

Cumulatively through the first three months of 2015, Kia's global sales totalled 690,775 units for a year-on-year increase of 0.5%. Korea (114,512 units sold), North America (155,659 units sold) and China (166,641 units sold) have seen a 6.0%, 5.8% and 2.0% rise in sales, respectively.

Kia's bestselling model in overseas markets in March 2015 was the B-segment Rio (known as 'K2' in China) with 39,934 units sold. The Sportage compact CUV was the second best seller with 38,165 units sold, while the C-segment Cerato (known as 'Forte' or 'K3' in some markets), Optima D-segment sedan and mid-size Sorento CUV followed with 35,698, 22,479 and 19,060 units sold, respectively.