Kia kept the leadership among foreign cars in Russia in 2022

At the end of 2022, 65,691 Kia cars were purchased in Russia, which is 67% lower than a year ago. As a result, for the ninth year in a row, Kia brand keeps its leadership among all foreign automakers represented in Russia, experts of the AUTOSTAT agency reported with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*. Rio remains Kia's bestseller in the Russian market - last year, 23,909 sedans and cross-hatchbacks of this model were found by owners (-70%).

The second place was taken by the compact crossover Kia Seltos, which was chosen by 9208 buyers (-46%). The third result was shown by Kia Sportage crossover - 5594 sold cars (-77%). Kia Cerato sedan is the next, sales of which were 5502 units (-54%). This time Kia crossover Soul finishes the top-five of Russian bestsellers, which is sold in the amount of 4,627 units (-50%).

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