Leaders and outsiders of the Russian car market in the 1st quarter of 2022

According to the results of January-March of this year, 277,332 new passenger cars and LCVs were sold in Russia (according to AEB data). This is 28.4% lower than in the same period of 2021. The experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" decided to consider the results of the 1st quarter in more detail. Leadership in the Russian car market is still held by the domestic brand LADA - its sales for the specified period were 52,712 units, demonstrating a fall of 37.2%. As a result, the share of LADA was equal to 19%.

Korean brands Kia (33,658 units) and Hyundai (30,026 units), which also showed a decline (by 34.8% and 25.2%, respectively) are the next in the ranking. However, in the TOP-10 of brands all have a negative trend. Skoda lost the most in sales volumes (-47%), while GAZ lost the least (-5.4%). According to the results of the 1st quarter, the Korean Kia Rio is the leader in the model structure of the Russian market. Cars of this family were sold in the amount of 17,017 units - 30.9% lower than a year ago.

The domestic LADA Vesta occupies the second position with the result of 16,281 units (-31.8%). The third place is occupied by LADA Granta (15,179 units; -49.7%), by demonstrating the largest drop in the TOP-20. At the same time, in the presented rating there are also those models that show the sales growth, and Renault Duster crossover has the strongest growth (+15.8%).