OREANDA-NEWS. Russian dealers of KIA sold 163 500 KIA cars (-16%) in 2015, among which in December it was delivered 15215 units (-25%) to customers. KIA's market share increased by 2.3% to 10.2%, which is a record for the company by the market share in Russia. In December of 2015, the market share of KIA was 10.4%. Strengthening of the position and market share permitted KIA to become the foreign brand №1 in Russia by sales in 2015, informed the press service of KIA Motors Rus.

During the year the assembly line in St. Petersburg produced 100,100 sedans and hatchbacks KIA Rio. Among them there was a red sedan Rio, which was in August of 2015 the one millionth car KIA that was sold since the founding of the company KIA Motors Rus in 2009.

Production capacity of the plant "Avtotor" in Kaliningrad for the year provided the production of other 63,595 vehicles KIA. Crossover KIA Sorento in November of 2015 became the 1.5 millionth car, produced for the whole history of the company.

The undisputed market leader by sales in the model range of KIA is Rio – the last year, sales of this model were 97,097 units, which is exceeded by 4% the indicators of 2014. The positive dynamics of sales of KIA Rio was provided by the update of the model in 2015, as well as government measures to support demand and the own special offers of KIA.