Dynamics of the Russian car market in April of 2019

In April of 2019, sales of new cars in Russia fell by 2.7% in compare with April of the last year. At the same time, the mass segment fell by 2.5%, the premium segment - by 4%.

Sales in the mass segment reached 129,016 units, by representing 91% of total sales. It should be noted that among the TOP-25 of leading brands, slightly less than a half (12) of them showed the sales growth. Geely remains in the first place in terms of growth rates - sales of cars of Chinese brand grew 3.6 times. Also, Chinese Haval (+ 185.8%) keeps the good dynamics. Among 13 brands of the mass segment, which showed a decline in sales, the largest decline was recorded for the Japanese Honda (-65.5%) and the Chinese Lifan (-62.2%).

Sales of cars in the premium segment fell by 4% in April and amounted to 12,798 units (the share is 9%). Most of the representatives of this segment are "in the black" (8 of 14 brands). The largest sales growth was recorded at smart, sales of which increased by more than a quarter (+ 26.3%). Experts noted that in a month the brand made a real breakthrough (in March, smart showed the deepest drop in the premium segment). Also sales of Genesis and Jeep grew by more than 20% in April.

The remaining brands demonstrate more “modest" growth rates: from + 1.5% (Mercedes-Benz) to + 18.3% (Porsche). The fall is observed at six brands: Audi (-7.1%), Lexus (-21.9%), Land Rover (-28.8%), Cadillac (-36.6%), Jaguar (-59.9%) and Infiniti (-61.7%).