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Automotive market in Russia
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This is the seventeenth edition of our annual reference book «Automotive market in Russia», covering results of 2018. It contains statistics and analytics on production, sales and vehicle parc in our country.
In 2018 commercial vehicle market (light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses) in Russia came up to 207,000 vehicles, that is 3% more than a year ago.
As for sales of new passenger cars in Russia, their volume has increased by 13.3% up to 1.7 million units. The sales growth of passenger cars caused production growth and impact on the general data of the Russian automotive industry. There were 1.77 million units of vehicles produced in Russian Federation in 2018, which is 13.9% more than in previous year.
23 may more infoAnalytics
Russian dealers of Ford began sales of updated MondeoFord Mondeo sedan has received a technological upgrade aimed at the safety improving of the car and improving of the intelligent driver assistance systems. People can order updated Ford Mondeo at all official Ford dealers in Russia.
05 julymore infoInfographics
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06.04.15
Rating of brands on NPS in Russia
Clear leaders of the rating are brands: Mercedes-Benz and Land Rover, and clear outsiders - LADA and Daewoo.
News
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31 may 2013
Volkswagen presents the special model Touareg Edition X in Russia
Russian dealers of Volkswagen will begin sales of Touareg Edition X cars in July. Price starts from RUB 2 million 367 thousand.
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31 may 2013
There will be allocated RUB 1 billion for the project “Cortege”
This year, it will be allocated RUB 1 billion for the project “Cortege”. Such order was given by Vladimir Putin. The relevant amendments in the budget for 2013 have already passed the State Duma, and on Monday they approved the Federation Council, wrote the newspaper “Izvestia”.
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31 may 2013
“NefAZ” invests in the production of dump trucks
“NefAZ”, a subsidiary of KAMAZ, will send to the development of RUB 165 million in 2013, while the investment priorities in the budget were given to the production of trucks.
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31 may 2013
Regional dealers improve their positions
The main trend in the sales of new cars is the strengthening of the role of regional dealer holdings.
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31 may 2013
“Derways” plans to increase production 1.5 times in 2013
Circassian plant “Derways”, plans to produce about 72 thousand vehicles in 2013, the enterprise informed AUTOSTAT agency. Thus, the production growth could reach 50% in comparison with the result of 2012 (47,911 units).
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31 may 2013
AvtoVAZ doesn’t admit its monopoly
AvtoVAZ appealed to the Arbitration Court of Moscow to exclude it from the register of businesses with a market share over 35%, and to cancel the issued order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in February 2013, according to the Court. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 27th, wrote the newspaper “Vedomosti”.
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30 may 2013
The price of Lada Granta with the new engine became known
The price of new configuration of low-cost Lada Granta with a more powerful engine became known.
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30 may 2013
AvtoVAZ increased exports to Europe
AvtoVAZ increased exports to Europe by 76% in the first quarter by delivering 1,200 cars against 676 cars of the previous year.
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30 may 2013
St. Petersburg auto industry increased the production by 21% in April
According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-SPb”, St. Petersburg carmakers Toyota, GM, Nissan and Hyundai produced 138,500 vehicles in January-April 2013, which is a 12% increase on the previous year. In April, the city plants produced 38,200 vehicles, which is a 21% increase than a year ago.
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30 may 2013
AvtoVAZ began the production of new versions of Lada 4x4
AvtoVAZ continues to work on improving of the consumer properties of the model Lada 4x4, by starting the production of the SUV with insulated glass. In addition, the modified sidelights, which function like running lights, are installed in new vehicles.
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30 may 2013
“Rolf” remains the leader of revenue from services
At the end of 2012 GC “Rolf” confirmed the leadership of revenue from after-sales service. This is according to the ranking prepared by the magazine “AutoBusinessReview”. The holding is ahead by third with the result of RUB 11.1 billion than the nearest rival “Genser” (RUB 8.18 billion).
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30 may 2013
State-owned stake in UAZ is estimated at RUB 1 billion
Russian Auction House (RAD), which received the right to sell state-owned stakes in 36 companies at the beginning of 2013, held the presentation of the first six in London. The most expensive among them is the state-owned stake in UAZ (14.67% of the ordinary shares, or 13.2% of the share capital) - it is estimated at RUB 1 billion.
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29 may 2013
Buyers of used cars prefer sedans with automatic transmission
By choosing a used car, Russians often choose a black sedan with a petrol engine, automatic transmission, worth RUB 500-700,000.
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29 may 2013
The updated BMW M5 will come to Russia in September
Following the new BMW M6 Gran Coupe the Munich brand has announced recently the launch of the updated sport car M5. Sales of restyled version of the M5 will begin in Russia simultaneously with sales in Europe in September this year
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29 may 2013
TagAZ will begin the production of Chery cars in June
Taganrog Automobile Plant will start the production of Chery cars in June. The first lot of vehicle sets will be purchased in the amount of 480 units the next month. Based on the agreement between TagAZ and Sberbank, signed on February 26th, 2013, the purchase of vehicle sets of Chery cars from China will be financed by “Southern Auto Group” (YUAG).
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29 may 2013
KAMAZ will build R&D center in Skolkovo
KAMAZ plans to begin the construction of R&D Center in the territory of Skolkovo Innograd in the second quarter of 2014, its construction must be completed by January of 2016. On the eve, the President of the Skolkovo...
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29 may 2013
Digital marketing in the automotive market: the participants got many gifts
On May 28th, 2013 in Moscow, the conference “Digital Marketing in the automotive market” was held. Undisputed organizers are the portal Automarketolog.ru and AA “AUTOSTAT” at this time have outdone themselves.
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29 may 2013
KAMAZ will use 70% of net profit for the development in 2013
KAMAZ can send RUB 3.5 billion among RUB 4.9 billion of net profit under RAS received in 2012 on its investment projects in 2013 in accordance with the materials of the company for the board of directors
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28 may 2013
The car market of Yekaterinburg continues to fall
According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-Yekaterinburg”, it was sold 29,469 of new cars and light commercial vehicles in Yekaterinburg in January-April, which is less by 1% than for the first four months of last year. It was sold 8,241 cars in the city in April, which is less by 7% than a year ago. Thus, the decline in sales in Yekaterinburg grows after the Russian market as a whole.
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28 may 2013
Fitch confirmed rating of AvtoVAZ
International rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-and short-term ratings of AvtoVAZ in foreign and local currency ratings at “B-“ and “B”, respectively.
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28 may 2013
KAMAZ and “Gazprom” signed a new agreement
General Director of KAMAZ, Sergey Kogogin, and Viktor Zubkov, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Gazprom”, identified two main objectives of cooperation: the development and implementation of the different classes of vehicles that use natural gas as a motor fuel, as well as creating an enabling environment for the development of the gas industry
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28 may 2013
The production of the new LADA Kalina is gaining momentum
Production of the new LADA Kalina is gaining momentum and it will reach 9-10 thousand per month in autmun. The first cars of a new generation will be sold in a configuration “luxury” with a 106 HP engine, full power accessories, air conditioning system
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28 may 2013
The external control was kept in TagAZ
Fifteenth Appellate Court upheld the decision of the Arbitration Court of the Rostov region about the introduction in TagAZ the external control for 18 months, which was adopted on March 20th and it dismissed the complaint of Gazprombank and VTB
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28 may 2013
AvtoVAZ resumes the production of Lada 4x4 SUV
AvtoVAZ resumed the production of SUV Lada 4x4. The production line stood exactly one month – on April 27th, 2013 the production of model was stopped to re-equip the painting line.
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27 may 2013
The first “Kalina” of the first generation was performed on “retire”
The first commercial car LADA Kalina sedan was sent for “retire” in Togliatti. Longtime owner, a veteran of AvtoVAZ, Tselikov Yuri Kuzmich, told journalists that the “operating life”, guaranteed by plant (8 years), ends this day. During this time the car was in the Russian roads 198,420 km.
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27 may 2013
AvtoVAZ will present a hybrid Lada Granta in 2014
AvtoVAZ by the order of Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade is developing a hybrid car based on the Lada Granta car. The prototypes will be presented in 2014.
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27 may 2013
BMW has announced prices for Russian M6 Gran Coupe
BMW has announced the Russian prices of sport sedan BMW M6 Gran Coupe. The car, equipped with a 4.4-liter engine producing 560 HP (680 Nm), in the base configuration will cost RUB 7 million 350 thousand.
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27 may 2013
AvtoVAZ presented a new version of the Lada 4x4 in Germany
AvtoVAZ prepared for the German market a new modification of an SUV 4x4, called Niva Taiga. The model has anti-lock brakes, power steering, electronic gas pedal steel underbody protection and door sills, as well as improved windscreen wipers.
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27 may 2013
Uz-Daewoo has presented a new Gentra sedan
The company Uz-Daewoo has presented the new C-Class sedan - Gentra, the production of which has begun recently at the plant GM-Uzbekistan. The acceptation of orders for Gentra at dealerships will begin in June. Prices for a new car in a basic configuration will start from RUB 399,000.
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27 may 2013
KAMAZ will pay dividends for the first time in 20 years
KAMAZ Board of Directors recommended shareholders to send for dividends 10% of the net profit for 2012 under RAS, which was RUB 4.9 billion. KAMAZ paid dividends 20 years ago the last time, said a representative of the company.
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24 may 2013
Ford increases the production in North America
The American automaker Ford Motor, seeking to increase the volume of production of the most popular cars, has decided to reduce the annual summer break in the 20 plants in North America from two weeks to one.
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24 may 2013
Maserati and Alfa Romeo withdraw about 7.5 million vehicles in the U.S.
The Italian company Maserati and Alfa Romeo cars are forced to withdraw 7,438 vehicles because of defective steering rod. The cars Maserati Quattroporte of 2005-2008 model years, GranTurismo, produced in 2008, and the Alfa Romeo 8C of 2008 manufacture year will be withdrew.
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24 may 2013
Ford will close two plants in Australia in 2016
U.S. carmaker Ford has decided to close the two plants in Australia in October of 2016 - in Melbourne and Geelong. The assembly of crossover Territory and sedan Falcon is implemented in these enterprises, and there are about 3,500 workers, according to the agency “ITAR-TASS”.
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24 may 2013
Volkswagen has become a leader of the auto market of St. Petersburg in April
According to “Auto-Dealer-SPb”, it was sold 62,955 new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in St. Petersburg in January-April of 2013, which is less by 1% than the same period of the last year. At the end of April, the city sold 17,798 vehicles, which is less by 7.5% than the indicator of the previous year.
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24 may 2013
“Rolf Import” was renamed to “MMC Rus”
According to the joint decision of the shareholders of “Rolf Import”, it was renamed officially to the “MMC Rus” on May 17th, 2013, which means Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Russia.
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24 may 2013
Workers of Volkswagen plant in Kaluga refused to strike
Decision of the management of the plant Volkswagen Group Rus about the abolition of shifts with a payment of compensation for workers that were going to strike was suitable for a union.
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23 may 2013
Truck production increased by 8.9% in April
According to Rosstat, the production of trucks was 60.3 million units in January-April, which is a 3.6% decrease on a year ago. Last month, the Russian assembly produced 20.700 trucks - it is a 8.9% increase on the previous year.
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23 may 2013
The production of passenger cars fell by 4.8% in April
According to Rosstat, the Russian assembly lines produced 624,000 cars for four months of 2013 - this is a 1.4% increase over the previous year. Thus, in April, it was produced 165,000 vehicles, which is a 4.8% decrease on the previous year.
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23 may 2013
Full price list for the new Lada Kalina was announced
The new Lada Kalina, sales of which will start in Russia in June, will be offered for Russian customers in the version of the “standard”, “normal” and three luxury options, the price of new cars were stretched in the range from RUB 324,000 to 415,600.
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23 may 2013
Kaluga plant of Volkswagen starts the preparing for the production of Skoda Rapid
Kaluga plant of Volkswagen Group Rus begins the preparation for the launch of production of the new Liftback Skoda Rapid. The production adjustment for the new model will be launched in the summer of 2013. Serial production of the new model will start in Kaluga in 2014.
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23 may 2013
MAZ keeps its share in the Russian market
Minsk Automobile Plant maintained its market share in Russia in the first quarter of 2013. In the reporting period, it was shipped 2.8 thousand trucks “MAZ” weighing from 8 to 40 tons, in Russia. Thus, the proportion of vehicles “MAZ” in this segment was 12.9% versus 13.0% of market share of the previous year.
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23 may 2013
“GAZ Group” presented ambulance “Gazelle Next”
GAZ plant of “GAZ Group” for the first time presented a new model of the ambulance car of module type on the basis of “Gazelle Next”, as well as the patrol vehicle “Sobol” for the Interior Ministry and the off-road vehicle “Sobol” of wide purposes.
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22 may 2013
Skoda will produce a new generation of Superb in 2014
Czech carmaker Skoda Auto will start the production of the car Skoda Superb in 2014. According to company’s spokesman, Joseph Balazh, the project of production of Skoda Superb 2 was approved by the management of the Volkswagen Group at a meeting of the supervisory board.
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22 may 2013
Russia and Belarus will prepare draft documents for work of “Rosbelavto” in June
Russian and Belarusian sides will prepare draft basic documents for the work of the managing company “Rosbelavto” for a month, said the First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, Vladimir Semashko.
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22 may 2013
“GAZ Group” will deliver 565 LIAZ buses for RUB 4.7 billion to Moscow
“GAZ Group” won the auction, which was announced in April by the Department of Transportation and the development of road transport infrastructure of Moscow, for the supply of 565 LIAZ buses of extra large and large classes for GUP “Mosgortrans”.
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22 may 2013
Renault-Nissan is preparing to launch its own bank in Russia
The management of the joint car credit bank, which is created in Russia by Auto Alliance Renault-Nissan and Italian banking group Unicredit, was almost defined and staffed, said the head of the Russian “daughter” of Unicredit, Mikhail Alekseev, without naming specific names.
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22 may 2013
AvtoVAZ will lead the production of the new Lada Kalina at a full capacity in 2014
AvtoVAZ plans to reach a full capacity of new Lada Kalina in 2014, which is 105,000 cars. The director of the project Lada Kalina and Lada Granta, Oleg Grunenkov, informed about it and he added that this year the company plans to produce 70,000 of new Lada Kalina cars.
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22 may 2013
Russia increased tariffs on light trucks from Germany, Turkey and Italy
Eurasian Economic Commission imposes anti-dumping duty on imports of certain light commercial vehicles (LCV). The duty will be charged in the territory of the Customs Union - Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. These measures are introduced for a period of 5 years, according to Avto.Vesti.Ru.
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21 may 2013
AvtoVAZ resumed deliveries of Lada cars to Peru
AvtoVAZ resumed the supply Lada cars in Peru, after a 15-year interruption. The head of the joint delegation of “Rostech” announced about it (the state corporation is the main shareholder of AvtoVAZ), Sergei Goreslavsky.
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21 may 2013
The new Audi A3 entered in the top ten of the European bestsellers
The updated Audi A3 family by the results of April entered the top- ten of best-buy models in Europe, becoming a leader in the sales growth.
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