The Chevrolet Cobalt is the most successful new car in Kazakhstan in 2021. Discover 50 years of Kazakhstan Historical Data here. Kazakh new vehicle sales are up 26.5% to 117,589, the largest annual volume and first above 100,000 since 2014. Newly local assembler, Chevrolet (+190.3%) logically triples its sales year-on-year to…
The Lada Vesta is the best-selling vehicle in Russia for the 2nd time ever. Discover over 50 years of Russian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Russia edge up 4.3% year-on-year in 2021 to 1,666,780 units. SUVs account for 47.3% of the market at 788,278 while LCVs hold 7.8%…
Lada Largus sales are up 352.8% year-on-year in November. The Kazakh new vehicle market leaps up 8.8% year-on-year in November to 10,028 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 29.3% to 106,874. Local assembler Chevrolet (+20.3%) easily remains the most popular carmaker in the country with 22.4% share vs. 25.4%…
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 JAC J7 breaks into the Kazakh Top 10 in October. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan jump up 16% year-on-year in October too 12.151 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 34.2% to 95.414. Note some year-to-date data has been adjusted. Chevrolet (+66.7%) confirms it is the new brand leader…
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 Chevrolet Cobalt remains the most popular vehicle in Kazakhstan in September. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan edge up 3.7% year-on-year in September to 10.517 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up a whopping 36.5% to 86.566 sales. Chevrolet (+72.8%) vastly outpaces the market to cement its domination at 22.2%…
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…
Chery is up to a record 9th place in Russia in August. New light vehicle sales in Russia skid down -17% year-on-year in August to 114.130 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 21.3% to 1.067.890. Local behemoth Lada (-32.1%) is in difficulty this month as it almost doubles the…
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 Khazar LD/SD is the best-selling vehicle in Azerbaijan again in 2020. New car sales in Azerbaijan drop by a measured -14.2% year-on-year in 2020 to 9.106 units. Local manufacturer Khazar, launched in 2018, is already in difficulty at -27.1%, almost double the rate of the market decline, and drops…
Hyundai Solaris sales shoot up 89.1% year-on-year in June in Russia. Picture zr.ru The Russian new light vehicle market is up 28.7% year-on-year to 157.808 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 36.9% to 840.749. Note June 2021 volumes are also up 9.8% on pre-pandemic June 2019, indicating the Russian…
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…
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 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%…