For 6 months of this year, 352,129 new cars were purchased in Russia, which is 56% lower than in the same period of 2021. Such data are provided by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" by the results of processing and analysis of the relevant information of JSC "Electronic Passport".
Leadership in the Russian car market is still held by the domestic brand LADA - its sales for the specified period, according to our data, were 73,164 units, by demonstrating a drop of 62%. As a result, the share of LADA was equal to 20.8%. Next in the ranking there are the Korean brands Kia (45,003 units) and Hyundai (37,183 units), which also showed a decline (by 56% and 55%, respectively). However, in the TOP-10 brands all have a negative trend. The German Volkswagen (-69%) lost the most in sales volumes, and the Chinese Haval (-18%) lost the least.
According to the results of the 1st half of the year, domestic LADA Vesta is the leader in the model structure of the Russian market. Cars of this family were sold, according to our data, in the amount of 23,654 units - 58% lower than a year ago. The second position is occupied by LADA Granta with 22,134 units (-69%), which demonstrates the largest drop in the TOP-20. Korean Kia Rio is the third one (19,732 units; -52%). It should be noted that in the presented rating there are models that have the market growth. These are two "Chinese" cars - Chery Tiggo 7 PRO and Haval Jolion. Moreover, the latter's sales grew 7.4 times.
