Russia October 2025: Locally assembled Tenet lands at #5, Haval, Belgee and Solaris break records
Tenet cracks the Russian Top 10 for the first time at #5.
165,702 new cars found a buyer in Russia in October, a -3.2% year-on-year loss. The year-to-date volume is now down -19.9% to 1,061,625. Lada (-25.8%) is in freefall to just 20.1% share, its lowest since November 2022 (19.6%). In contrast Haval (+9.8%) rises to a record volume and share at 26,126 and 15.8%. Never before had Haval been so close to the #1 spot. Meanwhile Geely (-17%) is in difficulty at #3 but still surpass its YTD share at 8.6% vs. 7.2%. Belarusian Belgee (+148%) passes the 10,000 monthly sales milestone for the very first time and repeats at a record #4. The event of the month is the arrival of local carmaker Tenet at #5 with 5.2% share, all the more impressive as the brand launched in August. Tenet is a China-Russia joint venture which assembles rebadged Chery vehicles at the Kaluga plant, previously owned by Volkswagen. Below imploding Chery (-56.6%) and Changan (-42%), Solaris (+171.4%) reaches all time high volumes and share. Toyota (+18.5%) defies the negative market with a surprising lift.
Over in the models charts, The Lada Granta (-28.4%) retains the top spot but falls to 9.2% share, its lowest since April 2022 (7.9%). The Haval Jolion (-19%) threepeats at #2 but remains below the Lada Vesta (-34.2%) year-to-date. The Geely Monjaro (+23.7%) reaches a best-ever ranking at #4 (also hit in December 2023, January, February and March 2024) and 6,435 sales (previous best 5,202 in October 2024). The Haval M6 (+69.4%) is also in great shape at #5. After breaking into the Top 10 for the first time last month (#9), the Belgee X70 (+387.6%) becomes the brand’s best-seller at #6. Strikingly, Tenet places two models inside the Top 10 this month: the T4 (Chery Tiggo 4) at #7 and the T7 (Chery Tiggo 7L) at #10. The Lada Niva Legend (-24.4%) stays inside the Top 10 at #9.
Previous month: Russia September 2025: Sales down -18.7%, Belgee, Solaris, Toyota stand out
One year ago: Russia October 2024: Haval, Geely at all time high, Toyota in Top 10
Full October 2025 Top 10 brands and models below.
Russia October 2025 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Oct-25 | % | /24 | Sep | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Lada | 33,251 | 20.1% | – 25.8% | 1 | 270,957 | 25.5% | – 25.0% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Haval | 26,125 | 15.8% | + 9.8% | 2 | 135,841 | 12.8% | – 15.2% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Geely | 14,238 | 8.6% | – 17.0% | 3 | 76,637 | 7.2% | – 41.0% | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Belgee | 10,780 | 6.5% | + 148.0% | 4 | 51,276 | 4.8% | + 74.9% | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Tenet | 8,632 | 5.2% | new | n/a | 11,366 | 1.1% | new | n/a | – |
| 6 | Chery | 6,566 | 4.0% | – 56.6% | 5 | 94,440 | 8.9% | – 29.2% | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Changan | 6,369 | 3.8% | – 42.0% | 6 | 57,044 | 5.4% | – 39.3% | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Solaris | 5,809 | 3.5% | + 171.4% | 7 | 27,311 | 2.6% | + 126.1% | 8 | n/a |
| 9 | Toyota | 4,165 | 2.5% | + 18.5% | 8 | 21,387 | 2.0% | + 25.2% | 10 | n/a |
| 10 | Omoda | 3,427 | 2.1% | – 18.1% | 9 | 25,699 | 2.4% | – 41.3% | 9 | 6 |
