According to the statement received by socialbites.ca of the Automobile Manufacturers Committee of the Association of European Enterprises (AEB) in Russia, sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia decreased by 62% in February 2023.
“February 2023 was marked by a 62.1% decrease in sales, or 68,590 units, compared to February 2022, with 41,851 vehicles,” AEB said in a statement.
AvtoVAZ, which had the highest sales volume as of the end of February 2023, sold more than 23.4 thousand Lada cars, an increase of 5% compared to the same month of 2022. Haval is in second place (over 5.3 thousand cars, + 49%), Geely is in third (over 4 thousand cars, + 88%).
GAZ, which sold more than 2.6 thousand light commercial vehicles in a month (-31%), and UAZ, which sold over 1.5 thousand vehicles in February (with a decrease of 9%), were also among the top five best-selling vehicles.
Lada Granta is the leader among the most popular car models in Russia. More than 16.2 thousand cars of this model were sold in Russia in a month, 6.2 thousand in February 2022. This is followed by the Niva (6.6k versus 3.8k a year ago). In third place is the Chinese Haval Jolion (more than 2.4 thousand cars).
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