Solaris first in the rating of the most popular brands in Russia

Under the Solaris brand at the former Hende Motor Manufacturing Rus plant, four models from the components remaining after the departure of Hyundai and Kia from Russia are made. According to Avtostat, according to the results of March 2025, Solaris first managed to enter the top 10 marks in terms of sales in the Russian market. The sales driver was the HC crossover, he is also Hyundai Creta in the past.

The SOLARIS model line consists of HS sedan and HC crossover (they are also renamed Hyundai Solaris and Creta, respectively), as well as the SOLARIS KRS sedan and KRI and Rio X hatchback). Solaris, Creta, and Rio with its derivatives until 2022 stably entered the top 10 most popular models, and Hyundai and KIA occupied the leading places in the rating by brands, yielding to Lada.

After the departure of Korean companies from Russia, the new owner of the plant in St. Petersburg, Agr (AGR Automotive Group), restarted it with the Solaris brand-the production of cars resumed in the spring of 2024. And only a year later, in the spring of 2025, Solaris managed to get into the ten largest brands in terms of sales.

SOLARIS for the third week in a row is kept in the top ten leaders of the Russian market disclosed the profits of the former Hyundai plant in St. Petersburg how many Solaris cars were produced by the Hyundai ex-in St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg

According to Avtostat, in March the Russians bought 1555 Solaris cars, including 495 cops of the HS, 469 KRS hatchbacks, 308 KRS sedanov and 203 KRX Cross-Hatchback. Analysts note that Solaris turned out to be the only brand in the TOP-10, which demonstrated positive market dynamics in the first month of spring. Due to the low comparative base of the sale of “Solaris” in March, they grew by almost nine times.

In March, from the assembly line of the former Hende Motor Manufacturing Rus, which now works under the Sample Saint Petersburg Automobile Plant, a 30-thousand Solaris car has passed. Slaris KRX hatchback in blue and in Style is equipped with a 1.6-liter engine and automatic transmission became the jubilee 30 thousandth.

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