SEOUL, March 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's global automotive sale grew 10 percent in February due to robust demand both at home and abroad, industry data showed Thursday.

The number of cars, sold globally by five local automakers including Hyundai, Kia, GM Korea, Renault Samsung and Ssangyong, was 625,517 in February, up 10 percent from the same month of last year.

The auto sale in South Korea advanced 21.3 percent to 125,240 units, and the car sale outside South Korea gained 7.6 percent to 500,277 units.

Global car sale by the country's top carmaker Hyundai Motor totaled 327,718 units in February, up 7.3 percent from a year earlier.

Hyundai's auto sale at home soared 22.6 percent to 65,015 units, and its overseas sale rose 4.1 percent to 262,703 vehicles.

Kia Motors, affiliated with Hyundai, globally sold 254,027 vehicles in February, up 14.7 percent from a year ago.

The number of global car sales by GM Korea and Ssangyong Motor expanded in double digits to 26,191 units and 10,431 units each, but the sale by Renault Samsung tumbled 37.9 percent to 7,150 units. Enditem

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