Kazakhstan March 2015: Lada Largus now #3 year-to-date

UAZ now holds 5.1% of the Kazakh market vs. 2.8% in FY2014.

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A year ago one of the fastest-growing new vehicle markets in the world, Kazkahstan is stuck in negative territory this year with March sales down a worrying 34% on a year ago to 8,369 deliveries and 1st quarter registrations down 26% to 25,390. Bizarrely, Lada holds double the market share here than it does at home in Russia at 36.8% thanks to 3,080 sales in March above Hyundai (12%), Kia (8%) and Renault (7%) while Toyota drops to 5th place at 5.7%. Thanks to solid performances of the Bukhanka (#13), Patriot (#16), Patriot Pickup (#21) and Hunter (#27), Russian manufacturer UAZ is up to #6 overall with 5.1% share (#11 and 2.8% in FY14). The Chinese presence in Kazakhstan is restricted to the Geely brand ranking at a very satisfying 12th place with 127 sales and 1.5% share in March vs. #14 over FY2014.

First Top 5 ranking for the Lada Largus in Kazakhstan and worldwide.

The models ranking is exceptionally stable this month in Kazakhstan: the entire Top 7 best-sellers are identical to February and to the year-to-date charts as well now that the Lada Largus has overtaken the FY2014 winner the Lada Priora for #3 at 2,255 sales and 8.9% so far in 2015 vs. 2,199 and 8.7%. The Lada Granta is gearing towards snapping the overall annual pole position in a 2nd country in the world after Russia, holding 10.4% of the market in March and 11.8% year-to-date. Notice also the Lada 4×4 up 6 spots to #8 making it 5 Ladas in the Top 8, the Renault Sandero up 8 to #12, Geely Emgrand X7 at #23 and the Nissan Teana and Geely Emgrand EC7 both up 19 ranks on February to #33 and #46 respectively.

Previous month: Kazakhstan February 2015: Lada Granta and Hyundai Accent on top

One year ago: Kazakhstan March 2014: Kia Rio and Nissan Qashqai in Top 5

Full March 2015 Top 40 All-brands and Top 188 All-models below.