First ever Top 25 ranking for the Kia Optima in Russia. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Russian new car sales post an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year gains and 6th consecutive double-digit gain at +17.3% to 148.597 registrations. This…
The Kia Rio is headed towards its very first annual win in Russia. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * After gaining 18.6% in July and 16.7% in August, the Russian market signs its 7th consecutive month of year-on-year gains and…
The Lada Granta is #1 at home for only the 2nd time in 2017. * See the Top 54 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market is sending extremely encouraging signals so far this year: up 16.7% year-on-year to 132.742…
The Kuga (+36%), Explorer (+46%) and Focus (+21%) help Ford regain foot in Russia this year. * See the Top 350 All-models ranking table by clicking on the title * We now have access to All-models data for Russia over the First Half of 2017. As usual the best-selling light…
Datsun sales are up 50% year-on-year in July in Russia. * See the Top 54 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The recovery is accelerating in Russia: after five years of decline, the market has definitely turned around in 2017. July is the fifth consecutive…
The Toyota C-HR lands in third place among passenger cars at home in Japan. Below you will find the links to the First Half 2017 Special Reports: World First Half 2017: Renault-Nissan becomes world's largest carmaker China First Half 2017: Market slows down growth from +9.2% to +1.6% USA First…
The Hyundai Solaris is out, so it's the Kia Rio - not the Lada Granta - now at #1. * See the Top 58 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * An all-models H1 2017 ranking is now available here Finally, it's the end of the…
The Lada Granta is #1 at home for the firs time this year. Picture zr.ru * See the Top 54 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Russia keeps aligning very encouraging results over the past few months and June is the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year…
Lada sales are up 22% at home with the Vesta up 75% to third place. Picture zr.ru * See the Top 54 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * This is it: the Russian new car market looks to be back on track. With a 14.7%…
The Kia Rio is up a whopping 30% year-on-year in April. * See the Top 52 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * After delivering the largest year-on-year gain in four and a half years last month, the Russian new car market confirms it is now…
First Top 10 ranking at home for the Lada XRAY. Picture courtesy zr.ru * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The signs the Russian new car market may have now bottomed out are clearer this month. At +9.4% on a depressed…
The Kia Rio holds 6.6% of the Russian car market in February. * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Even though the local manufacturers association AEB predicts a recovery in 2017, February sales are once again in negative territory at -4.1% to…
The Kia Rio is the best-selling vehicle in Russia in January. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Just as local manufacturers association AEB had predicted a recovery in 2017, January sales in Russia are down a further 5% year-on-year on…
The Hyundai Solaris is responsible for a once-in-a-generation market shift in Russia. * Now updated with the Top 60 All-brands and Top 400 All-models - see title * Check out 45 years worth of Russian Archived data here After a catastrophic year in 2015 (-36%), the Russian new light vehicle market lodges a…
The Lada Vesta sells a record 5.661 units in Russia in November. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 55 All-brands and Top 250 All-models - see title * Finally! The Russian new car market manages a slight year-on-year gain in November (+0.6%) after 22 consecutive months of decline - the last gain…