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Kazakhstan July 2015: Hyundai Accent at 10% share in market at -46%

Hyundai Accent Kazakhstan July 2015. Picture courtesy kolesa.kzThe Hyundai Accent is the best-selling car in Kazakhstan for the 2nd month in a row.

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Extremely fragile situation for the Kazakh new car market, seriously affected by the Russian crisis and the grey-import of new cars from Russia. Sales tumble down a very harsh 46% year-on-year to 8.667 registrations in July, pulling the year-to-date total down 33% to 62.302 units. Lada is the main victim of the current situation, freefalling to just 21% market share vs. 29.9% so far in 2015. Hyundai is now right behind at 16% share vs. 12.9% year-to-date with Kia in third place at 12.4% vs. 11.1%. Toyota (8%), Renault (7.7%) and GAZ (4.7%) follow like YTD, while Nissan is back up a spectacular 12 spots on June to #7 and 4% share, Geely is up one further rank to #11 and Skoda is down 6 to #14.

GAZ Gazelle Next Kazakhstan July 2015Ranking 5th this month in Kazakhstan is the GAZ Gazelle.

The models ranking is also tweaked by Russian grey imports of new cars. For the second month in a row, the Hyundai Accent is the best-selling model in Kazakhstan thanks to 846 sales for a record market share of just under 10%. This means that for the third consecutive time, it’s not a Lada at #1 in Kazakhstan as the Kia Rio was #1 in May. However, unlike in Russia where a similar models evolution towards Hyundai and Kia is the result of a consumer shift and years of consolidation from the Korean manufacturers, here in Kazakhstan the figures are tweaked by the fact a large part of new cars imported on the grey market from Russia are Ladas, they therefore don’t appear in these official figures, penalising the Granta, usually #1 here. The GAZ Gazelle (#5), Nissan X-Trail (#16), Nissan Qashqai (#23) and Geely Emgrand EC7 (#34) also shine this month.

Previous month: Kazakhstan June 2015: Hyundai Accent best-seller above Lada Granta

One year ago: Kazakhstan July 2014: Kia Rio and Daewoo Gentra break records

Full July 2015 Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models below.

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