According to the results of September, 3291 Kia cars were purchased in Russia, which is 80.7% lower in compare with the same period of the previous year. For 9 months of 2022, the market volume of the Korean brand was 56,170 cars (-64%), experts of the AUTOSTAT agency reported with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*.
Rio remains Kia's bestseller in the Russian market - in September, 666 sedans and cross-hatchbacks of this model were found by owners (-90.2%). The second place went to the compact crossover Kia Seltos, which was chosen by 514 buyers (+14%). The third result was shown by Kia Soul crossover - 384 sold cars (-58.3%). As previously reported by "AUTOSTAT", in September, Russian dealers of Kia started the sales of the updated executive sedan Kia K9, which was previously presented in our country under the name K900.
At the same time, the number of cars that have been produced at Avtotor Kaliningrad is limited and there will be no new deliveries in the foreseeable future.
* JSC "PPK" ("Passport Industrial Consulting") is a joint venture of JSC "Electronic Passport" and LLC "AUTOSTAT".
