KIA kept the leadership among foreign cars in Russia in 2019

In 2019, Russian KIA dealers sold 225,901 cars - this is 1% lower than a year ago. As a result, KIA kept the leadership among foreign car manufacturers in Russia, and the brand’s market share was 12.8% in compare with 12.6% of a year before, according to AEB.

According to the press service of the Korean company, RIA remains the best-selling KIA in the Russian market - in 2019, 92,475 cars were sold, which is 8% lower than a year ago. Sportage compact crossover is the second one in terms of sales in the KIA line in Russia, which was selected by 34,370 customers (+ 5%).

The three most popular models also included KIA Optima business sedan with 25,707 sold vehicles (+ 23%). As it was noted, the decision to preserve two generations of “global” KIA Cerato sedan in the Russian market was very successful. Sales of new-generation Cerato Classic and Cerato cars reached 14,994 units, which is 35% higher than in 2018. We also add that as of January 13rd, 2020, there are 197 official KIA dealers in 99 cities of Russia.