The Haval Jolion hits the highest ranking ever for a Chinese model in Russia at #12. Picture zr.ru No progress for the Russian new light vehicle market, down another -20.4% year-on-year in November to 125,466 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 6.9% to 1,439,045. Both Lada (-30.7%) and…
The Jolion is the first Haval to rank inside the Passenger Cars Top 25 in Russia. The Russian new light vehicle market slows down its fall slightly from -22.6% in September to -18.1% in October at 126.204 registrations. The year-to-date tally is now up 10.5% year-on-year to 1.313.579 units. As a…
The Chery Tiggo 7 becomes the first Chinese model to rank inside the Russian Top 20. The Russian new car market dives -22.6% year-on-year in September to 119.485 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.1% to 1.260.111. The next few months aren't looking good either as the microchip and…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is now #1 year-to-date in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market recedes -5.4% year-on-year in August to 9.093 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 42.7% to 76.039. Chevrolet (+71.7%) goes against the grain as it was still gearing up its local operations a year ago and…
The Chevrolet Cobalt is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in July. Picture tengrinews.kz New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan are on a roll: up another whopping 41.9% year-on-year in July to 10.668 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 53.3% to 66.946. Local producer Chevrolet (+766.7%) retains its iron fist over…
The Kia K5 breaks into the Russian Top 10 in July. Picture zr.ru The Russian new car market reverses -6.5% year-on-year in July to 132.640 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 28.4% to 953.760. Local behemoth Lada (+2.7%) bucks the negative trend to score the only year-on-year gain…
The Chevrolet Cobalt ranks #2 in Kazakhstan in June. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan progress 21.2% year-on-year in June to 12.024 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 50.9% to 54.618. This is especially remarkable given June 2020 volumes were already up 55.1% on the year prior. Chevrolet (+913.3%), now…
The Lada Niva is the best-selling SUV in Russia in May. New light vehicle sales in Russia bounce back 133.8% year-on-year in May to 147.378 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 38.7% to 663.312. More significantly, the market is up 12.6% on pre-pandemic May 2019, when removing Daimler and BMW…
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…
Chevrolet is back to #1 in Kazakhstan in March. The Kazakh new vehicle market continues to soar in March with sales up 21.7% year-on-year to 8.362, leading to a year-to-date tally up 35.4% to 24.161. This year-on-year surge is about to get even more impressive in the coming months as…
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…
The Hyundai Accent is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in February. Picture zr.ru New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan continue to gallop ahead in February at +33.3% year-on-year to 7.466 units, bringing the year-to-date volume to 15.799, up 44% over the same period last year. Hyundai (+104.1%) more than doubles its year-ago…
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…
The Geely Coolray lands directly inside the Belarus Top 10 in 2020. Picture av.by Discover 50 years of Belarus Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Belarus drop -18.2% year-on-year in 2020 to 52.768 units. Lada (-36.5%) keeps the brands pole position despite a steep fall and sees its…
The Lada Granta is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in 2020. Discover 50 years of Kazakhstan Historical Data here. New car sales in Kazakhstan ignore the Covid crisis in 2020 and manage an impressive third straight double-digit gain at +23.8% to 92.979 units after gaining 23.2% in 2019 and 24.2%…