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Russia Full Year 2012: Lada Priora #1, Granta 4,800 sales below

January 23rd, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

Lada Granta

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While the rest of Europe was slowly but surely falling back into recession, the Russian new car market delivers a record year in 2012: up 11% to 2,935,111 registrations, beating the 2,704,040 units sold in 2008 before the global financial crisis. Model-wise, it was a year of transition between the Lada Kalina, #1 in 2011 and atop the monthly ranking 6 times in the first 7 months of the year and other ‘prehistorical’ Ladas (Samara, 2105-7) and the all-new Lada Granta, #1 from September onwards. However weaker Kalina sales in the last quarter and a relatively late bloom of the Granta put the… Lada Priora in pole position over the Full Year 2012 for only the 2nd time after 2009 with 125,951 sales and 4.3% (-9%), even though it only ranked #1 in February & August.

The 27 millionth Lada was a Priora…

Less than 5,000 units below we find the Lada Granta with 121,151 units and 4.1% share. It made its first official appearance within the monthly Top 25 in January at #21, broke into the Top 10 in February and into the Top 5 in March but had to wait until August to climb onto the podium before taking the lead in September and staying there, peaking at 14,197 sales and 5.6% in October. The Kalina is down 2 ranks and 16% to #3 at 119,890 units while the Hyundai Solaris remains the most popular foreign model, up 14% and one spot on 2011 to #4 with 110,776 sales, to my knowledge the first time a foreign model sells over 100,000 annual units in Russia. The Solaris even ranked #2 overall in February and May.

Chevrolet Cruze. Picture by Roger-Diesel, all rights reserved.

Below the Ford Focus up 14% to #5, the Kia Rio impresses, gaining 70% and 6 ranks to #6 at 84,730 units. The Chevrolet Cruze also shines: up 68% and 9 spots to #9 with 63,181 sales while the Skoda Octavia is up 27% to #15. Apart from the Granta, there are 4 newcomers in the Russian Top 25 in 2012: the best-performing is the Renault Duster lading directly at #17 with 47,344 units and peaking at a fantastic #5 in December. It is followed by the Toyota Camry up 61% to #20, the Kia Sportage up 37% to #22 and the VW Tiguan up 70% to #25.

Previous post: Russia December 2012: Renault Duster breaks into Top 5

Previous year: Russia Full Year 2011: Lada Kalina leads for the first time

Full Year 2012 Top 25 models and Top 56 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

Russia Full Year 2012 – models:

Pos Model 2012 % /11 2011 % Pos
1 Lada Priora 125,951 4.3% -9% 138,697 5.2% 2
2 Lada Granta 121,151 4.1% new 1,023 0.0%  -
3 Lada Kalina 119,890 4.1% -16% 142,930 5.4% 1
4 Hyundai Solaris 110,776 3.8% 14% 97,243 3.7% 5
5 Ford Focus 92,219 3.1% 12% 82,457 3.1% 6
6 Kia Rio 84,730 2.9% 70% 49,858 1.9% 12
7 VW Polo 69,385 2.4% 33% 52,100 2.0% 11
8 Lada Samara 67,971 2.3% -45% 122,473 4.6% 3
9 Chevrolet Cruze 63,181 2.2% 68% 37,710 1.4% 18
10 Chevrolet Niva 59,331 2.0% 9% 54,425 2.1% 10
11 Renault Logan 58,734 2.0% -28% 81,909 3.1% 7
12 Daewoo Nexia 55,034 1.9% 1% 54,567 2.1% 9
13 Lada 4×4 54,656 1.9% -10% 60,738 2.3% 8
14 Opel Astra 52,331 1.8% 9% 48,030 1.8% 13
15 Skoda Octavia 52,036 1.8% 27% 41,130 1.5% 16
16 Renault Sandero 48,632 1.7% 6% 45,694 1.7% 14
17 Renault Duster 47,344 1.6% new 40 0.0%  -
18 Nissan Qashqai 36,793 1.3% 4% 35,231 1.3% 19
19 Chevrolet Lacetti 34,793 1.2% -17% 42,100 1.6% 15
20 Toyota Camry 34,619 1.2% 61% 21,443 0.8% n/a
21 Toyota Corolla 33,262 1.1% 23% 27,007 1.0% 22
22 Daewoo Matiz 33,198 1.1% -13% 38,211 1.4% 17
23 Kia Sportage 32,716 1.1% 37% 23,880 0.9% n/a
24 Lada 2105/2107 32,444 1.1% -71% 112,522 4.2% 4
25 VW Tiguan 31,272 1.1% 70% 18,385 0.7% n/a

Russia Full Year 2012 – brands:

Pos Brand 2012 % /11 2011 Pos
1 Lada 537,625 18.4% -7% 578,387 1
2 Chevrolet 205,042 7.1% 18% 173,484 2
3 Renault 189,852 6.4% 23% 154,734 4
4 Kia 187,330 6.4% 23% 152,873 5
5 Hyundai 174,286 6.0% 7% 163,447 3
6 Volkswagen 164,702 5.6% 40% 118,003 9
7 Nissan 153,747 5.3% 11% 138,827 6
8 Toyota 153,046 5.2% 28% 119,505 7
9 Ford 130,809 4.3% 11% 118,031 8
10 Skoda 99,062 3.3% 34% 74,074 13
11 GAZ 90,247 3.0% 0% 90,034 11
12 Daewoo 88,232 3.0% -5% 92,778 10
13 Opel 81,242 2.7% 20% 67,555 14
14 Mitsubishi 72,294 2.5% -3% 74,166 12
15 UAZ 60,653 2.0% 6% 57,148 15
16 Mazda 44,443 1.5% 12% 39,718 17
17 Peugeot 44,420 1.5% 0% 44,304 16
18 BMW 37,515 1.2% 33% 28,165 21
19 Mercedes 37,436 1.3% 29% 29,058 19
20 Audi 33,512 1.2% 44% 23,250 23
21 Citroen 32,859 1.1% 19% 27,638 22
22 Suzuki 32,684 1.1% -8% 35,469 18
23 SsangYong 31,198 1.0% 37% 22,692 24
24 Honda 21,512 0.7% 13% 19,101 27
25 Lifan 20,544 0.7% 15% 17,916 28
26 Volvo 20,364 0.7% 6% 19,209 26
27 Land Rover 19,043 0.6% 44% 13,183 30
28 Chery 19,004 0.7% 161% 7,278 35
29 Geely 17,566 0.6% 190% 6,060 38
30 Volkswagen NFZ 16,161 0.5% 31% 12,345 32
31 Lexus 15,653 0.5% 14% 13,698 29
32 Great Wall 14,373 0.5% 112% 6,777 37
33 Subaru 14,296 0.5% 16% 12,371 31
34 ZAZ 9,964 0.4% -50% 20,049 25
35 Infiniti 9,209 0.3% 31% 7,042 36
36 Fiat 8,623 0.3% -69% 28,254 20
37 Bogdan 7,512 0.3% -13% 8,683 34
38 Vortex 5,953 0.2% -51% 12,103 33
39 Jeep 4,704 0.2% 125% 2,093 44
40 Mercedes Vans 3,974 0.1% 47% 2,702 41
41 Porsche 3,613 0.1% 64% 2,202 43
42 BYD 2,630 0.1% 31% 2,004 45
43 Mini 2,629 0.1% 31% 2,002 46
44 Seat 2,500 0.1% 122% 1,127 49
45 Izh 2,465 0.1% -52% 5,163 39
46 Cadillac 2,024 0.1% -9% 2,226 42
47 BAW 1,845 0.1% n/a n/a n/a
48 Jaguar 1,506 0.1% 27% 1,182 48
49 TagAZ 1,331 0.0% -28% 1,840 47
50 Haima 591 0.0% -81% 3,114 40
51 FAW 560 0.0% new 0  -
52 Dodge 206 0.0% 30% 158 51
53 Chrysler 194 0.0% 155% 76 53
54 Isuzu 156 0.0% -58% 371 50
55 Foton 141 0.0% 5% 134 52
56 Smart 28 0.0% new 0  -

Source: www.aebrus.ru

Categories: Russia
  1. Steam
    January 26th, 2013 at 22:53 | #1
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    I am a little bit surprised that Hyunday was overtaken in 2012 by 2 brands. For Opel russia was one of the few markets with positive development. VW improved in the brand-ranking by three ranks, also Audi, Skoda, BMW, Honda and Land Rover.

    Strong performance by Seat, Great Wall, Chery and Geely. Russia seems to become a good market for chinese brands.

  2. Max
    January 24th, 2013 at 01:43 | #2
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    Paul :@Paul Yep, facelifted. Thank you Google translator.

    Now sold in France in the SW version !

    And what’s the matter with Fiat ?!

  3. Paul
    January 16th, 2013 at 17:17 | #3
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    @Paul
    Yep, facelifted. Thank you Google translator.

  4. Paul
    January 16th, 2013 at 16:40 | #4
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    Priora facelifted?

  5. AndyT
    January 16th, 2013 at 06:07 | #5
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    Thanks Matt, interesting. I guess that explains why Daewoo lives on for the time being.

  6. AndyT
    January 16th, 2013 at 02:54 | #6
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    Can someone explain why Daewoo branded cars are on sale in Russia? I was under the impression that the Chevrolet marque had replaced Daewoo, but in Russia both seem to be on sale?

    • matgasnier
      January 16th, 2013 at 03:04 | #7
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      Hi Andy,
      The Daewoos sold in Russia are imported from Uzbekistan. An alliance between General Motors and the Uzbek government still produces Daewoo-branded models there and exports them in Eastern and Central Europe.
      Check out the Uzbekistan page for more info: http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/category/uzbekistan/
      Hope this helps.
      Cheers,
      Matt

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