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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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27.03.18
The best-selling cars in Russia for the last 20 years
The specialists of the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" made a rating of the models that were the leaders of the Russian car market in 1998 - 2017. If until 2016 they all belonged to the same brand - the domestic LADA, but now, for the last two years, foreign cars are the leaders on the Russian market.
News
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30 december 2014
KAMAZ can go on a three-day working week in the case of a fall in demand
KAMAZ from March 2nd to May 24th of 2015 may enter the mode of three-day working week in the case of a fall in demand. The corresponding order was issued by General Director, Sergei Kogoghin.
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30 december 2014
GM has no plans to close the plant in St. Petersburg
The US carmaker General Motors has no plans to close the production in St. Petersburg, told the governor of the northern capital, Georgy Poltavchenko.
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30 december 2014
New cars will be delivered for dealers in February-March of 2015
Official dealers of several brands for several days do not sell cars - car dealerships are empty. New arrivals are expected only in February-March of 2015, but after the supply some models will also get new price tags.
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30 december 2014
AvtoVAZ will stop the production for a winter vacation until January 18th
AvtoVAZ in connection with New Year holidays and winter corporate vacations will stop the production from December 31st to January 18th. As the press center of AvtoVAZ informed the agency "Tass", from December 31st to January 11th the plant will be on New Year's holidays, and from 12 to 18 January the company will leave for a week in a single corporate vacation for the first time in the winter.
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30 december 2014
KAMAZ stopped the conveyor for a month
KAMAZ stopped the conveyor because of the holidays and corporate holidays until January 26th. As the press service of the company informed the agency "Interfax", the work of automobile production will be suspended, but the employees involved, in particular, repairs and conservation of production will continue to work.
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30 december 2014
Government purchases of cars in 2014 fell by almost a third
The number of state orders for the supply of cars in Russia for eleven months in 2014 decreased by 28%. In October and November the number of orders has increased due to the devaluation of the ruble and a leader in public procurement is the Central Federal District.
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29 december 2014
KAMAZ plans to certify new electric buses in 2015
KAMAZ expects to complete the tests the next year, to receive a certificate and to begin the test operation of new models of electric buses.
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29 december 2014
Global automakers expect losses in Russia because of the collapse of the ruble
German automaker BMW Group in the IV quarter of 2014 due to a sharp devaluation of the ruble could loose in the Russian market, according to analysts' estimates, up to 150 million Euros. The Bavarian company has already begun to redistribute cars to more attractive markets at the beginning of the summer.
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29 december 2014
In the Moscow region – there are more than 7 million vehicles
According to AUTOSTAT, the number of vehicles in Moscow is close to 4.5 million units. This is more by 5% than the last year. For mid-2014 in the capital's traffic police it was registered more than 3.8 million passenger cars, 277,000 light commercial, almost 180,000 trucks and 18,000 buses.
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29 december 2014
The demand for older cars is growing in the secondary market
During the purchase of used cars, Russians every year prefer older and older cars. This is the conclusion of experts of "AAA Auto" by the results of analytical study of used car sales in Russia over the last three years.
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29 december 2014
Russian dealers expect a recovery in the car market in the 2016-2017
After a decline in demand for cars in 2015, the Russian car dealers expect that the market will begin to recover in 2016 or 2017. The recent substantial devaluation of the ruble, influenced the operations of the dealers can adjust expectations both in rate of decline in the market, and the time of its recovery.
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29 december 2014
AvtoVAZ may raise prices by 7-8%
AvtoVAZ at the beginning of 2015 will increase prices for its Lada models by 7-8%. The source in the management of company informed about it the newspaper "Izvestia", by noting that the company is unique in the market that has decided not to change price tags on vehicles in the basic configurations.
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26 december 2014
German auto industry because of sanctions in Russia will lose more than 15 billion Euro
Consequences of the EU sanctions against Russia and depreciation of the ruble will cause significant damage to the business of German automakers in Russia. It was stated by Director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR-Institute - CAR) of the University of Duisburg-Essen Ferdinand Dudenhёffer.
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26 december 2014
Tyre companies are worried about the future utilization scheme
Russian State Duma on December 23rd, 2014 adopted in the second and third reading the amendments to the Federal Law "On Waste of Production and Consumption" (1998). The law imposes an obligation for manufacturers and importers of different products to ensure their disposal, after the goods are released by consumers.
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26 december 2014
Sollers will increase its share in UAZ to 100%
The company Sollers, which owns 96.44% of the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant, announced about compulsory redemption of the remaining securities: the company will pay 1.54 rubles for each common share, privileged - 1.02 rubles.
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26 december 2014
Lada Largus Cross is expected to be available in February of 2015
AvtoVAZ plans to start sales of "high" version of estate car Lada Largus Cross in February of 2015.
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26 december 2014
Ford Sollers increased sales of SUVs in Russia by 32%
Company Ford Sollers for the first 11 months of 2014 increased the sales of SUVs Ford Kuga, Explorer and EcoSport by 32% compared to the last year. The press service of Ford Sollers informed about it "AUTOSTAT" agency, by noting that the SUV segment shows the best sales this year.
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26 december 2014
KAMAZ updated the business plan up to 2020
At the last meeting in Moscow it was approved actualized program of strategic development of the company by KAMAZ Board of Directors for the period up to 2020.
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25 december 2014
Datsun will produce the third model in Russia in 2017-2018 years
Datsun Company is considering the possibility of production of the third model in the facilities of AvtoVAZ in 2017-2018 year.
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25 december 2014
KAMAZ increases the market share in the leasing of trucks
Leasing company "KAMAZ", which celebrated 12 years since its foundation on December 23rd, currently has 15% market share of leasing "KAMAZ". And share of leasing market of trucks is 6.2%, which is 1.5 times more than the last year.
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25 december 2014
Car market of St. Petersburg showed an increase in November
According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-SPb", sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in St. Petersburg fell by 8% to 170,567 vehicles in January-November of 2014. In November, for the first time for seven months it was fixed an increase of car sales.
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25 december 2014
In St. Petersburg it will be held the IX International Conference AutoInvest 2015
In St. Petersburg, on February 18-20th 2015, it will be held IX Annual International Conference on investment attraction to the production of components for the automotive industry AutoInvest 2015.
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25 december 2014
KAMAZ took 44% of the Russian truck market in November
KAMAZ sold 2.5 thousand trucks in the domestic market at the end of November. According to the company, this is the highest rate since July of 2014, when there was a drop in sales from three to two thousand trucks per month in average.
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25 december 2014
"Financial situation of 30% dealers have deteriorated ..."
"Thirty percent of dealer networks are threatened”, - said "the vice-president of the Association of "Russian Automobile Dealers", Oleg Moseev at a press conference in the center of IA "National News Service” and he continued: - Financial situation of 30% dealers has already deteriorated and they entered the negative zone.
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24 december 2014
AvtoVAZ is increasing the production with less of staff
AvtoVAZ is going to increase the car production by 20% in 2015, said the company president, Bo Andersson, in an interview with TV channel "Russia 24".
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24 december 2014
Sberbank has stopped the issuing of auto loans
On December 22nd Sberbank stopped the accepting of applications for auto loans and part of mortgage products. Most likely, it is done in connection with the revision of interest rates.
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24 december 2014
GM-AvtoVAZ keeps its plans for production of new Chevrolet Niva in 2016
GM-AvtoVAZ, in spite of the difficult economic situation, keeps its plans to begin the production in 2016 of car Chevrolet Niva of new generation, informed the press service of the joint venture, by responding to a question about the possible postponement of the start of production.
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24 december 2014
Belarusians brought from Russia 21.5 thousand cars for two months
Excessive demand in the Russian market, which arose in late October, was connected with the activation of buyers from the Customs Union. Thus, according to the Prime Minister of Belarus, Mikhail Myasnikovich, for the period from early October to late November Belarusians bought in Russia 21.5 thousand cars.
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24 december 2014
Lada Vesta will pass winter tests in Germany
The pilot sample of the new sedan of AvtoVAZ Lada Vesta will go to the test in Germany, where the car will be tested for calibrating of the system of stability in winter conditions.
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24 december 2014
The government can change the scheme of subsidies for recycling cars
Automakers convince the Ministry of Industry to change the scheme of subsidies for recycling of old cars, by increasing the competition for access to the money of the state.
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23 december 2014
Russians have bought up all allocated for our country Lamborghini
The situation in the foreign exchange market has provoked a wave of excessive demand for cars, which affected not only the premium segment, but also supercars that are sold officially in our country. Annual Russian quota for Lamborghini was ove
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23 december 2014
AvtoVAZ began the production of sedans Lada Granta with "robot"
AvtoVAZ began the production of Lada Granta sedan with automatic transmission (AMT). The first car was assembled on December 22nd.
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23 december 2014
Kaluga plant Volkswagen stopped the assembly line until the next year
Kaluga plant Volkswagen stopped the assembly line and it will resume the car production after the Christmas holidays on January 12th, 2015.
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23 december 2014
Renault-Nissan stopped the acceptance of orders for some models in Russia
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co and its French partner Renault SA stopped to take orders for some models in Russia. It was announced by the head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Carlos Ghosn, by stressing that the suspension will affect only some models, and the previously placed orders will be fulfilled.
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23 december 2014
Mubea began the construction of plant of car components in Togliatti
The company "Mubea suspension components Rus” began the construction of the plant in the SEZ "Togliatti", where in 2016 it is planned to start the production of suspension springs for automotive production.
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23 december 2014
It will be held the 18th Russian Automotive Forum in Moscow
It will be held the 18th annual international Russian Automotive Forum, organized by the Adam Smith Institute, in Moscow on March17-19th, 2015.
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22 december 2014
Datsun goes well
“Datsun goes well”, - said happily Bo Andersson, the President of AvtoVAZ, during the breakfast with the media. This year, according to the president of AvtoVAZ, it was already produced 17 thousand cars and by the end of the year it will be assembled the planned number - 20 thousand units.
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22 december 2014
Volkswagen opened a new showroom in Kaliningrad
In Kaliningrad, it was opened a new show room of official dealership Volkswagen “Automotive House”. New auto-center with total area of 5500 sq.m was designed in accordance with the highest standards of corporate brand Volkswagen.
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22 december 2014
The Central bank lifted the restrictions on interest rates on car loans
The central bank announced a series of measures aimed at the maintaining of the stability of the Russian financial sector in terms of volatility in the foreign exchange market and a sharp tightening of monetary policy.
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22 december 2014
Bo Andersson: "In 2015, we will increase the production by 20%"
AvtoVAZ plans to increase the production in 2015 by 20%. The president of AvtoVAZ, Bo Andersson, informed about it AUTOSTAT agency.
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22 december 2014
The President supposes the ban on foreign cars as meaningless at current exchange rates
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that the government discussed a variant of the ban imports of foreign cars. As the head of state said, such measures were seen as a step back to "illegal sanctions lawlessness”.
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22 december 2014
The situation with suppliers of AvtoVAZ was taken under the control at the state level
AvtoVAZ was visited by the chief federal inspector for the Samara region. Sergey Chaban visited AvtoVAZ on December 16th on behalf of the presidential envoy in the Volga Federal District, Mikhail Babich. During the visit, the chief federal inspector for the Samara region met the president of the company, Bo Andersson.
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19 december 2014
Kazakhstan car market fell by almost 20% in November
Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Kazakhstan, according to the Association of Kazakhstan Auto Business, fell by 19.7% to 12,627 units in November. For eleven months of 2014 the automotive market of the republic increased by 0.3%, it was 139,520 passenger cars.
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19 december 2014
Russian car assembly plants stopped the assembly of foreign cars
Currency jumps and fear of falling demand forced foreign manufacturers to stop the conveyors.
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19 december 2014
Automakers stopped sales of foreign cars in Russia
Several foreign automakers, including American General Motors, stopped the wholesale of cars to dealers because of the collapse of the ruble.
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19 december 2014
St. Petersburg auto industry keeps the falling at the level of 20%
According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-SPb", for 11 months of 2014 the St. Petersburg automakers Toyota, GM, Nissan and Hyundai produced 329,800 new passenger cars, which is less by 8% than the last year.
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19 december 2014
Automakers are preparing to raise prices on cars of St. Petersburg assembly
Foreign automakers in 2015 may announce an increase in retail prices for cars, which are assembled at its plants in St. Petersburg. It was not excluded by the Russian offices of Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan and Ford, surveyed by "TASS".
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19 december 2014
AvtoVAZ plans to increase sales by 20% in 2015
AvtoVAZ plans to increase sales by 20% in 2015, said the governor of the Samara region, Nikolai Merkushin. He noted that recently it was the revival in demand for the products of the plant, the work with domestic suppliers of automotive components is built in the new format.
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18 december 2014
Leasing for individuals can be an alternative by car loans
In terms of falling car market, the expected rise in prices for cars and reduction of the volume of car loans, the good alternative way of purchase of the car can be the leasing for individuals.
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18 december 2014
25% of Russians are ready to abandon the purchase of a new car
To investigate the effect of economic conditions on the decision to buy a new car, it was offered for respondents to select one of six possible answers to the question: "How can the deterioration of the economic situation influence on your plans to buy a car?"
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