Leaders and outsiders of the Russian car market in 2020

In 2020, according to the AEB, almost 1.6 million new passenger cars and LCVs were sold in our country. This is lower by 9.1% than in 2019. Leadership in the Russian market is traditionally held by the domestic brand LADA - for the year its sales were 343.5 thousand units, having decreased by 5.2%. Thus, its share turned out to be 21.5%. Korean brands KIA (201.7 thousand units) and Hyundai (163.2 thousand units) are the next in the ranking, which also show a decline (by 10.7% and 8.7%, respectively).

In the TOP-10 of brands, the majority show a market decline, the only exceptions were Skoda (+ 6.8%) and BMW (+ 2.9%). The largest drop was seen in the domestic GAZ (-19.9%). In the model structure of the Russian market, the first two lines are occupied by representatives of LADA.

Granta remains the leader: in January-December, there were sold 126.1 thousand units, which is lower by 7.2% than in 2019. Vesta is the second one, sales of which fell by 3.7% to 107.3 thousand cars. The title of the best foreign car is still retained by KIA Rio: in 2020, sales of cars of this family were 88.1 thousand units (-4.8%). Hyundai Creta (73.5 thousand units; + 2.9%) and Volkswagen Polo (58.5 thousand units; + 4.2%) were also in the top-five. The best sales dynamics is shown by new Toyota RAV4, which is the 8th one in the rating. Despite the overall market decline, its sales grew by 19% to 36.4 thousand units.

Experts noted that in the TOP-20, only three models showed the positive dynamics: in addition to the Toyota RAV4, these are Volkswagen Polo (+ 4.2%) and Hyundai Creta (+ 2.9%). But the deepest drop was recorded for Skoda Octavia (-20.4%).