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OREANDA-NEWS. KIA dealers in Russia sold 13,902 vehicles (-22%) in April, which enabled the Korean brand to become the leader among foreign brands in Russia. Last month KIA’s market share came up to 10.5%, which is the record for the history of the brand in Russia. From January to April 2015 KIA sold 49,932 vehicles - 17% less than for the same period last year. 

According to KIA Motors Rus press service, the leadership in KIA lineup traditionally belongs to the Rio, which is assembled at the plant in St. Petersburg. 7,828 customers chose this model in April (13.5%). 

The Sportage became the second best selling KIA model with 2,161 vehicles sold in April (-14.4%), which enabled the model to take the first place in C-SUV segment. 6,170 KIA Sportage crossovers have been bought since the beginning of the year (-32.2%), which is the third place in the segment.