In January 2023, sales of new passenger cars in Russia decreased by 63.1% compared to January 2022, informs The Association of European Enterprises (AEB) in Russia. At the same time, eight Chinese models simultaneously entered the ten most popular cars in the Russian Federation last month, according to the report.
According to AEB, sales in January increased by 55.5 thousand units to 32.5 thousand cars. It’s almost the first month of 2022. At the same time, 64.1 thousand cars were sold in December last year.
Lada remains the sales leader among brands, 17.5 thousand cars were sold during the month (3% less than in January last year). The top three were Chinese brands Haval (4.5k; +43%) and Geely (3.5k; +88%).
The top five were closed by GAZ and Kia. UAZ took the sixth place, the last to sell more than 1,000 cars. Changan, Great Wall, Skoda and Volkswagen made the top ten.
In January, the most popular models in Russia were Lada Granta and Niva. All other places in the top ten belong to models from China: Geely Coolray, Haval Jolion, Geely Atlas Pro, Haval F7 and F7x, Haval H9, Geely Tugella and Haval Dargo.
According to current AEB statistics, by the end of 2022, new car sales in Russia have fallen by more than half. Market experts think that the 2023 indicators could be better, but dealers say that the new crisis in the Russian car market is different from the others, it is more complex. More details – in material “socialbites.ca”.