Kia Rio became the market leader in Moscow, Moscow region and St. Petersburg in 2021

In the three largest regional markets, one model became the bestseller among new cars the previous year. This was established by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT", having analyzed the relevant data of JSC "Electronic Passport". So, at the end of 2021, Kia Rio model (including Rio X) turned out to be the most popular among residents of Moscow, the Moscow Region and St. Petersburg.

Recall that these regions form the top-3 of leaders in terms of the market volume of new passenger cars in our country. In the Russian capital, cars of this family were purchased for the whole year in the amount of 5203 units. According to this indicator, Kia Rio was ahead of the Hyundai Creta crossover and the Volkswagen Polo liftback (3617 and 3575 units, respectively). In the Moscow region, Korean model sold 3,361 new units. At the same time, two more “Koreans” were also in the TOP-3 - the same Hyundai Creta crossover (2610 units) and the Hyundai Solaris sedan (2259 units). A similar sequence is observed in the market of the Northern capital.

In 2021, St.Petersburg citizens purchased 1,721 Kia Rio family cars, 1,708 Hyundai Creta crossovers and 1,472 Hyundai Solaris sedans. It should be reminded that LADA Vesta became the most popular car in Russia as a whole according to the results of the previous year. And Kia Rio took the third place, leaving behind LADA Granta.