Kia keeps the leadership among foreign cars in Russia in August

According to the results of August, 3,872 Kia cars were purchased in Russia, which is 78.5% lower than the previous year. As a result, Kia retained its leadership among foreign automakers in our country, experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" reported with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*. For eight months of 2022, the market volume of the Korean brand was 52,879 cars (-61.9%).

Rio remains Kia's bestseller in the Russian market - in August, 994 sedans and cross-hatchbacks of this model were found by owners (-84.6%). The second place was taken by the compact crossover Kia Seltos, which was chosen by 638 buyers (-57.4%). The third result was shown by Kia Cerato sedan - 416 purchased cars (-59.4%).

As previously reported by "AUTOSTAT", in August the company "Kia Russia and CIS" announced the recall of 105,405 cars Kia Rio, Soul, Cerato, manufactured from 2013 to 2018. Reason for the recall: the SRS malfunction lamp on the instrument panel is on. It is possible internal malfunction of the AIR BAG module. All vehicles will be updated with the software of the AIR BAG module and, if necessary, will be replaced. All work will be carried out free of charge for owners.

* JSC "PPK" ("Passport Industrial Consulting") is a joint venture of JSC "Electronic Passport" and LLC "AUTOSTAT".