Haval is inside the Russian Top 10 for the second month running. New car sales in Russia surge 290.4% year-on-year in April to 151.964 units as year-ago volumes were down -72.4% because of the local lockdown. April 2020 is also up on April 2019 at +2.5% on the 148.296 units…
Haval sales are up 77.2% year-on-year in March. Picture zr.ru The Russian new light vehicle market steps back -5.7% year-on-year in March to 148.676 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -2.8% to 387.322. Both brand leaders Lada (+3%) and Kia (+1.3%) defy the negative conditions to improve their share…
First Top 25 appearance for the new gen Skoda Octavia. Picture zr.ru New light vehicle sales in Russia stabilise in February at +0.8% to 120.081 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -1.4% to 215.294. Homegrown behemoth Lada (+13.1%) both leads and scores the largest gain in the Top 5…
Lada Niva sales are up 135.3% year-on-year thanks to its facelift. The Russian new car market drops a limited -4.2% year-on-year in January to 95.213 units. Homegrown leader Lada (+0.3%) posts stable sales, sending it to a strong 23% share vs. 21.5% over the Full Year 2020, with Kia (+0.6%)…
The Lada Granta is #1 in Russia for the second year in a row. Picture zr.ru Discover 50 years of Russian Historical Data here. The Russian new car market endures a second consecutive year in negative in 2020 but manages to keep its covid-related loss into the single digits at -9.1%…
The Cheryexeed brand has launched in Russia. New car sakes in Russia manage a 4th year-on-year gain in the past 5 months after last July (+6.8%), September (+3.4%) and October (+7%) as a weaker ruble and higher prices anticipated for the new year have pushed customers into car dealerships. November is up…
The Kia K5 breaks into the Russian Top 25 for the first time in October. The Russian new light vehicle market is up a robust 7% year-on-year in October to 154.164 units: that's the largest year-on-year gain of any month in 2020, eclipsing July (+6.8%). Note BMW and Mercedes now…
Geely is up 171.2% to #12, the highest monthly ranking ever held by a Chinese carmaker in Russia. Picture zr.ru In September, the Russian new light vehicle market registers a second year-on-year gain in the past 3 months and the third thus year after March and July at +3.4% to…
The new Polo (+60.5%) helps lift Volkswagen sales up 33.7% in August. Picture zr.ru Just as total coronavirus cases in the country hit 1 million, making Russia the 4th country in the world to reach that milestone after the U.S., Brazil and India, new car sales in August tilt back…
For its 2nd month in market, the Rapid II reaches the highest ever ranking for any Skoda nameplate in Russia at #6. Complete turnaround for the Russian new car market, now up 6.8% year-on-year in July to 141.924 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -19.3% to 742.681 and this…
The Skoda Rapid 2, for now exclusive to Russia, breaks into the Top 25 in June. Car dealerships are now operational in Russia, and this reopening linked with state support measures as well as delayed purchases have combined to produce a very contained -14.6% year-on-year drop in June sales to 122.622…
The Renault Arkana ranks #27 over the period. A new Top 135 Passenger Cars ranking is now available for Russia for the January-April 2020 period, giving us a much better look at this market than our monthly Top 25. And there's a lot happening just outside the familiar group of…
The Lada 4x4 scores the best year-on-year hold in the Top 15 (-30.4%). In the space of two months, Russia went from 8.672 confirmed COVID-19 cases when we published our March 2020 update to 440.538 at the time of writing, ranking third in the word below the USA (1.861.966) and Brazil…
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…
Skoda sales in Russia soar 41.7% in March. Anticipating a significant price increase due to a weakened currency, Russian buyers somewhat "stockpiled" on new cars in March with sales up 4% year-on-year to 162.321 units, only the 4th positive month in the past year. As a result the Q1 volume…