Tenet holds 9.9% of the Russian market in March. Russian new car sales advance 30.6% year-on-year in March to 104,278 units, however this is mainly catching up on lost ground as March 2025 was off -45.5% on the year prior. The year-to-date tally tilts into positive for Q1 at +7.3%…
The Mazda CX-5 represents 92% of the brand's volume in February. New car sales in Russia edge up 2.5% year-on-year in February to 80,027 units. The year-to-date volume after two months is down -3.9% to 160,631. Local behemoth Lada (-22.5%) continues to skid and accounts for 23.8% of its home…
Tenet ranks #3 in November and December. Discover 55 years of Russian Historical Data here. The Russian new car market is off -15.6% or almost 250,000 sales in 2025 to just 1,326,016 units. Local behemoth Lada (-24.4%) drops even faster than its home market and loses close to three percentage…
Tenet sells almost 10,000 units in November. The Russian new car market is up 5% year-on-year in November to 127,921 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -17.8% to 1,189,546. After falling to its lowest share in 3 years last month (20.1%), local behemoth Lada (-27.6%) is still collapsing but…
First Top 10 finish for the Belgee X70 The Russian new car market implodes -18.7% year-on-year in September to 122,659 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -22.4% to 895,923. Homegrown behemoth Lada (-24.6%) falls faster than the market to a weak 21.5% share, its lowest since February 2022. For…
The Belgee X50 is up to a record 4th place across Russia in August. 122,235 new cars found a buyer in Russia in August, that's a -17.6% year-on-year decrease. So far this year, volumes are down -23% to 773,264. Homegrown behemoth Lada falls heavily at -28.4% and sees its market…
The Jetour Dashing breaks into the Russian Top 10 for the first time in July. The Russian new car market slows down -11.4% year-on-year in July to 120,649 units, leading to a year-to-date tally off -23.9% or more than 200,000 units to 651,029. Local behemoth Lada (-20.7%) reduces its footprint…
The Uni-S pushes Changan to a record 4th place in June. The Russian new car market continues to crater in June, enduring a 5th consecutive double-digit year-on-year fall at -27.6% to 90,116 units. The H1 2025 tally stands at 530.385, off -26.3% over the same period a year ago. Strikingly,…
Jetour holds 3.7% of the Russian market in May. Another mediocre month for Russian new car sales, with April off -28.3% year-on-year to 91,218 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally off -26% to 440,259. Lada (-36.2%) falls faster than its home market to 28% share vs. 29.8% so far…
Solaris KRX aka Kia Rio X Sales of new light vehicles in Russia dive -25.5% year-on-year in April to 102,107 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is down a similar -25.4% to 349,041. Lada (-32.6%) falls markedly faster than its home market to 27.9% share vs. 30.3% so far this…
The Solaris HC is a Hyundai Creta. The Russian new car market continues to freefall in March at a daunting -45.5% year-on-year to just 79,822 units. The Q1 tally is off -25.3% to 246,934. Lada (-36.9%) falls slower than its home market and improves its share to 31.5%. Haval (-39%)…
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…