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.

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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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