OREANDA-NEWS. The best selling model in Russia was KIA Rio for the first time in 2017, which displaced Hyundai Solaris from the first line of the sales rating, the Russian bestseller of 2016. As noted in the review of the Russian car market in 2017, the sales of KIA Rio were 96,689 cars (+ 10%), including 1,931 new cross-hatchbacks Rio X-Line, launched in the market in mid-November.

In second place there is LADA Granta, whose sales grew by 7% to 93,686 cars. The third result was shown by LADA Vesta – 77,291 sold cars (+ 40%), including 5518 estate cars Vesta SW and Vesta SW Cross, which appeared at dealers at the end of October. Hyundai Solaris sedan is the next, which was chosen by 68,614 consumers (-24%).

The leadership among the SUV models is kept by Hyundai Creta crossover, which was sold in amount of 55,305 units (a 2.5-fold increase). Sales of the Volkswagen Polo sedan grew by 2% up to 48,595 cars. The off-road car Renault Duster found 43,828 buyers, which corresponds to the level of the previous year.

Leadership in the market of estate cars is kept by LADA Largus, which is sold in the amount of 33,601 units (+ 15%). The high hatchback LADA XRAY was selected by 33,319 consumers, which is more by 67% than in 2016. The TOP-10 of the most popular models in Russia is closed by crossover Toyota RAV4, whose result was 32,931 cars (+ 8%).