OREANDA-NEWS.  Kia Motors Corporation announced today its May 2016 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 261,269 units sold. This figure represents a 3.4% year-on-year increase compared to the same month of 2015.

In May, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in the domestic Korean market (19.0% growth with 47,614 units sold), Europe (8.5% growth with 53,298 units sold), China (0.7% growth with 51,002 units sold) and North America (0.2% growth with 70,032 units sold).

Cumulatively through the first five months of 2016, Kia’s global sales totalled 1,201,936 units for a year-on-year increase of 0.5%. Korea (224,244 units sold), Europe (251,129 units sold) and North America (294,533 units sold) have seen a 13.5%, 7.4% and 3.0% rise in sales, respectively.

Kia's bestselling model in overseas markets during May 2016 was the Sportage compact CUV with 48,798 units sold. The B-segment Rio (known as 'K2' in China) was the second best seller with 36,445 units sold, while the C-segment Cerato (Known as ‘Forte’ or ‘K3’ in some markets), Soul urban crossover and Sorento midsized CUV followed with 31,372, 18,613 and 17,609 units sold, respectively.