What SUV (B) models do Russians buy?

According to the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, in January - April of 2020, the volume of the Russian market * of new segment B crossovers and SUVs reached 55 thousand units, which is equivalent to 26% of the total number of SUV purchases.

The most popular model of the SUV (B) segment is Hyundai Creta - 21.2 thousand Russians became owners of this crossover over the indicated period. Thus, Creta reached almost 39% in the SUV (B) segment. At the same time, the minimum price of this model is 957 thousand rubles. The next three participants of our rating are also within the range of “up to 1 million rubles”. Renault Duster crossover is the second one (8.7 thousand units; share - 15.7%), LADA 4x4 SUV is the third one (8.2 thousand units; share - 14.8%). Their initial prices are 777 thousand and 566.9 thousand rubles, respectively.

The share of each of the remaining models is less than 10%. The fourth position is taken by Chevrolet Niva SUV (5 thousand units) with a price of 686 thousand Rubles. KIA Soul finished the top-5 of the most sought-after SUV (B) models (3.8 thousand units), the minimum price of which has exceeded the bar of 1 million rubles. Nissan Terrano is slightly inferior to it with a result of 3.4 thousand units and an initial price of 1 million 021 thousand rubles.

Then there are more expensive crossovers in our TOP-10, among which there is also a market debutant – Skoda Karoq (its sales started only in February). And MINI Countryman finished here the last one, the price of which at dealerships starts from 2 million rubles.

* Market data is prepared on the basis of registrations in the traffic police; this does not include cars of law enforcement agencies and diplomatic services, as well as cars registration on the territory of Crimea.