Hyundai Motor has begun production of affiliate Kia’s Rio hatchback model at its plant in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, RIA Novosti reported.
The Russian Rio has 1.4- or 1.6-litre petrol engines and manual or automatic gearbox. Pricing was not provided.
The plant started Rio sedan last August and sales began in October.
In 2012, the plant is expected to manufacture about 100,000 Rio units.
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