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 May 2010, recording a total of 175,098 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 23.4%. In May, Kia posted healthy year-on-year sales increases in all sales regions: 59.3% in general markets (37,318 units sold), 28.9% in China (26,101 units sold), 19.5% in North America (37,162 units sold), 18.7% in Europe (34,503 units sold) and 5.0% in Korea (40,014 units sold).