Dynamics of the Russian car market for 9 months of 2020

According to the assessment of the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT", based on the data of AEB, in January-September of 2020, sales of new passenger cars in the Russian market in the mass segment fell by 13.9%, while in the premium segment - by 9.8%. Sales of new cars in the mass segment were 946,323 units. Experts note that among the TOP-25 brands, only 8 have an increase in sales, and the rest have gone negative.

The largest growth in 9 months was shown by Changan brand, the sales of which grew 3.6 times over the specified period. It almost doubled at the FAW brand (+ 94.6%). Three more Chinese brands were in the top five fastest growing - Haval (+ 65.8%), Geely (+ 53.6%) and Chery (+ 50%). Japanese brand Suzuki (+ 14%), Czech Skoda (+ 6%) and Italian Fiat (+ 5.2%) also showed the positive dynamics.

The strongest drop among the market leaders is observed in Lifan: the volume of sales of cars of this brand in January - September 2020 fell by 71.1%. Chevrolet (-43.4%), Mitsubishi (-32%), Datsun (-26.8%) and Subaru (-21.5%) also lost more than a quarter of the volumes for the indicated period. Other ten brands fell in the range from 10 to 20%. In the premium segment, car sales in January-September were 101,957 units. Here, the positive dynamics is observed only at Cadillac (+ 52.9%) and Porsche (+ 2.4%).

The remaining 12 went negative. The lowest drop was seen at smart (-90.8%). The sales of Infiniti (-53.9%) and Jaguar (-48.6%) fell almost twice. Genesis (-35.6%) and LandRover (-30.5%) lost over 30% of the last year's volumes. Other three premium brands (Volvo, Audi, Jeep) recorded sales declines in the range of 10% to 20%. It turned out to be the minimum for BMW and MINI (less than 2%).