ng to the experts of AUTOSTAT agency, in January-June, new vehicle sales were growing both in mass and premium segments. The mass vehicle sales increased by 37% up to 749.5 thousand units. However, four brands in the TOP-25 showed negative sales dynamics. Chevrolet (-43.2%) and Lifan (-32%) registered the greatest decline in the first half of the year, Honda (-2.1%) and Nissan (-1.6%) decreased their sales slightly.
At the same time, 21 brands have positive dynamics. The largest growth is registered by German Opel (about 15 times), due to the low base of the previous period. The sales of Chery vehicles grew 5.3 times, Peugeot and Haval increased their markets 2.5 times, the demand for Geely and FAW doubled. The sales of LADA, Suzuki, Subaru, Skoda and Citroen increased within 50% - 100%. The number of vehicles sold by Mazda, Volkswagen, Kia, Renault and Hyundai grew within 25% - 50%. As for premium brands, the sales here grew by 41% up to 84.5 thousand vehicles. Strong growth is registered by all brands, except for Jaguar, whose sales halved. Cadillac with 125% growth is the leader in terms of dynamics. Genesis sales doubled. Over 50% growth is registered by Volvo (+ 83.4%) and Infiniti (+ 76.2%). Jeep (+29.4%), BMW (+36.7%), MINI (+43.4%), Mercedes-Benz (+46.5%), Audi (+46.9%), Porsche (+48.1%) improved their sales in the range from 25% to 50%.
We should also mention that the share of the premium segment was 10.1%. Accordingly, the mass segment accounted for 89.9%.
