According to the results of August, the sales volume of new cars in Russia exceeded the July figures by approximately 15,000 units. The expectation that car prices would increase even more increased the demand for them. The newspaper writes that dealers estimate that approximately one million cars will be sold in the country during the year. “News”.
Last month, 109,731 new cars were sold. This is almost 15,000 times more than in July and 2.6 times more than in August 2022.
Analytical institution Avtostat provided this data based on the number of vehicle e-passports issued. Despite the traditional recession at the end of summer observed in the automotive market for many years, the last summer of 2023 has been a record month since last spring.
AvtoVAZ was the company that sold the most automobiles in August (28,721 units). Chery ranks second with 13,412 units, while Haval ranks third with 10,979 units. These are followed by Gelly (8383 vehicles), Changan (6869), Omoda (5975) and Exeed (4941).
Also in the top 10 are Kia (3053 cars), Toyota (2554) and Hyundai (2191). Unlike the Korean brand models that were officially supplied to Russia, most of the Toyota cars were imported into the country through parallel import, as the Japanese company officially stopped delivery to the Russian market.
AvtoVAZ’s leadership in the overall rating remains, but the share of the Lada brand in the Russian market is actively falling: if in August last year the share of Tolyatti models was almost 37% of the market, now it has fallen to 26.2%.
At the same time, Chinese automakers are rapidly increasing their presence in the country. For example, Chery’s share increased from 7% to 12.2% during the year, and Haval’s share increased from 7.1% to 10%. In total, Chinese models accounted for about 45% of the market in August.
The most popular model of August was the Lada Granta: just over 16,000 of these cars were sold in the last month of summer.
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