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 October 2010, recording a total of 182,288 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 22.7%. In October, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all regions of the world – 36.8% in North America (35,687 units sold), 30.0% in general markets (38,498 units sold), 25.0% in China (31,124 units sold), 19.8% in Korea (43,147 units sold) and 5.9% in Europe (33,832 units sold).