Hyundai is the most popular carmaker in Kazakhstan in November. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan continue to power ahead in November, marking a 4th consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain at +21.6% to 9.220 units. The year-to-date tally is now up 24.4% to 82.684. After new local assembler Chevrolet took control of…
First win since January 2018 for the Ravon Nexia R3. After stalling -80.5% in April, the Kazakh new vehicle market spectacularly returns to growth in May at +18.7% year-on-year and 7.315 registrations, completing the only true V-shaped recovery in the world (Chinese sales were in negative for three months). The…
The UAZ Bukhanka is #1 in Kazakhstan in April, 60% being ambulances. Picture autozavod.com Hitherto unaffected by the COVID-19 crisis (+39.7% in March), the Kazakh new car market crashes in April at -80.5% year-on-year to 1.122 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -2.8% to 18.963. This is the result…
The Lada Granta is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan this month. The Kazakh new vehicle market continues to soar ahead in February at +27.5% to 5.602 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up 24% to 10.971. Lada (-12.5%) manages its first monthly win since last August despite going completely against the…
The Lada Granta reclaims the Russian top spot off the Lada Vesta. Discover 50 years of Russian Historical Data here. 31/01 update: Now with Full Year 2019 Top 150 models. Despite a stimulus package early in the year, the Russian new car market has plateaued in 2019, down -2.3% to 1.759.655…
The Kodiaq (+26.8%) helps Skoda up 10.5% in Russia this month. The Russian new light vehicle market has now officially run out of gas, enduring a 9th year-on-year drop in the past 10 months in November at -6.4% to 156.848 units, leading the year-to-date tally down -2.8% to 1.580.297. We are…
The new Santa Fe (+8200%) helps Hyundai stay at #1 in Kazakhstan. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan resume their run of double-digit year-on-year gains in October to 7 in the past 8 months at +18.9% to 6.916 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 18.6% to 58.737. Hyundai (+58.9%) manages…
Haval is up 4-fold in Russia thanks to the new F7 and F7x (pictured). After stabilising in September (-0.2%), new light vehicle sales in Russia are back into frank negative in October at -5.2% to 152.057 registrations, marking the 8th year-on-year drop in the past 9 months and leading to…
The new Stepway variant boosts Renault Logan sales up 178.9% in Russia. The Russian new light vehicle market is down for the 7th time in the past 8 months in September but this time the decline is minimal at -0.2% to 157.129 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -2%…
The Renault Arkana breaks into the Russian Top 25 in August. New light vehicle sales in Russia continue to slide down yet post a measured -1.6% year-on-year decline in August, the 6th in the past 7 months, to 145.545 units which leads to a year-to-date volume down -2.3% to 1.114.263.…
The new Arkana lifts Renault sales up 11.9% in Russia in July. The Russian new light vehicle market is stuck in a negative rut, July marking the 5th year-on-year decline in the past 6 months. Both this month's deliveries (139.968) and the year-to-date volume (968.718) are down -2.4%. Homegrown brand…
Geely sales are up 260.2% in Russia in April, partly thanks to the Atlas SUV. April Russian sales (-2.7% to 148.296) show that the February decline, the first one in two year, wasn't a freak event and may be a sign of things to come, as a recent 2% rise of…
The Geely Atlas lands directly inside the Russian Top 100. Picture zr.ru It's time to update the Russian Full Year 2018 dataset with a complete models ranking including 330 nameplates. The Full Year 2018 article article has been updated with this info but we'll detail our findings on here. As is…
Sales of Toyota Camry are up 176.5% year-on-year in January in Kazakhstan. Outstanding start of the year for new vehicle sales in Kazakhstan at +36.3% to 4.436 registrations. Lada (+28.2%) trails the market slightly but remains on top of the brands ranking at 22.9% share vs. 21.8% for Toyota (+42.6%).…
Lada Granta sales soar 54.1% year-on-year thanks to its facelift. After seeing its growth slim down to just +0.6% in January, the inevitable happens in Russia in February: with registrations down 3.6% to 128.406 units, this marks the first year-on-year decline in exactly two years, since February 2017, ending 24…