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Russian dealers of KIA sold 14614 cars in March, which is more by 18.5% than in the previous year. According to preliminary data, KIA has kept its leading position among all foreign automobile brands represented in Russia, with an estimated market share of 10.6%. According to the results of three months of 2017, 37,310 KIA cars were sold in Russia (+ 13.5%). According to preliminary estimates, the market share of KIA in the first quarter grew by 1.3 percentage points in compare with the same indicator in 2016 and it was 11.6%, informed the press service of KIA Motors Rus.

The best-seller of KIA in the Russian market is Rio model: in March it was sold 8375 sedans and hatchbacks of this model (+ 43.6%). The second place in terms of sales in the KIA line in Russia was occupied by Sportage crossover, which was chosen by 2,106 customers, which is 2.8 times more than in the same period of the last year. The third place in the rating of best-sellers of KIA is kept by cee'd with the indicator of 1198 sold cars (-53.9%).

In addition, in the first quarter of 2017, it was opened six new KIA dealerships in Russia, and currently 180 official KIA dealers operate in 93 Russian cities.