Russian carmakers hold 67.6% of their home market in December. Discover over 50 years of Russian Historical Data here. Hit full frontal by economic sanctions triggered by its invasion of Ukraine, Russian new light vehicle sales collapse -58.8% year-on-year in 2022 to just 687,370 units. SUV sales account for 48.7% of…
Over 1 in every 4 light vehicles sold in Russia in August is a Lada Granta. The Russian new light vehicle market continues to slow down its fall in August at -62.4% year-on-year to 41,698 registrations, compared with -74.9% in July, -82% in June, -83.5% in May, -78.5% in April and -62.9% in…
The Lada Niva, including the Niva Classic pictured, is up to #3 in Russia in April. As economic sanctions levelled at Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine start to take full effect, notably triggering rampant inflation and an exodus of carmakers from the country, the local new…
UAZ Classic Commercial sales are up 5.3% in March. Economic sanctions levelled at Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine have affected the value of the ruble and triggered widespread inflation as well as the end of the import of some automotive parts in an international boycott. Some…
The Hyundai Solaris ranks #2 in Russia, its highest position since December 2016. The Russian new car market is down -4.8% year-on-year in February to 114,349 units, bringing the year-to-date talky down -4.3% to 206,011. It is too early to feel the potential effects of the economic sanctions levelled at…
The Kia Rio is the best-selling vehicle in Russia in January. Picture zr.ru New light vehicle sales in Russia edge down -3.7% year-on-year in January to 91,662 units. Market leaders Lada (-17.4%) and Kia (-18.1%) are in a bit of trouble this month but retain the top two spots. Hyundai…
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%…
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 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…
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…
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…
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%…