Russians spent on the purchase of foreign cars more than 1.5 trillion Rubles

According to the estimation of the analytic agency AUTOSTAT, by the results of 9 months of 2018, in Russia almost 945 thousand new passenger foreign cars were sold. 1 trillion 543.6 billion rubles were spent on their purchase.

KIA is the leader in this ranking - products of Korean brand during the reporting period cost the Russians 205.5 billion Rubles. Japanese Toyota is in the second place (189.3 billion rubles), and Korean Hyundai closes the TOP-three with an index of 146.9 billion rubles. In addition, residents of Russia spent 118.7 and 101.2 billion rubles, respectively, on the purchase of new cars of German brands Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. For foreign cars of other brands, less than 100 billion rubles were spent.

According to the experts of the analytic agency AUTOSTAT, the share of foreign cars in Russia accounts for 78% of sales of new passenger cars. But due to the higher average price, they own 90% of the total capacity of the Russian market.