KIA Seltos set a new sales record in Russia in August

Russian KIA dealers sold 19,818 vehicles in August, which is higher by 7% than a year before. According to the results of eight months of 2020, 119,075 KIA cars were sold in Russia, which is lower by 20% than in the same period of the previous year. As a result, KIA is the leader among foreign automakers in Russia, and the brand's market share was 13.5% versus 14.1% a year before, according to the AEB.

The Rio model remains the best seller of KIA in the Russian market – 7,664 cars were sold in August (+ 10%). The second place in terms of sales in the KIA lineup in Russia was taken by the Sportage crossover, which was chosen by 2,898 buyers (-25%). The third result was shown by the compact crossover KIA Seltos - 1,783 sold cars, which was the best sales result since the model entered the Russian market in March of 2020.

As AUTOSTAT reported earlier, in September Russian dealers of KIA started the sales of a new KIA K5 business-class sedan, the production of which was launched at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad. The novelty replaces KIA Optima model and is available in Russia in ten trim levels at a price from 1 million 489 thousand 900 rubles to 2 million 199 thousand 900 rubles.