Sales of Chinese cars in Russia fell for the first time in 19 months

According to the estimation of the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", the sales of Chinese-made cars in Russia in November of 2018 were to 2,969 units, which is less by 8% than a year ago. Thus, according to the agency experts, the fall in their sales occurred for the first time in 19 months.

Recall that the last time the sales of Chinese cars in our country showed a negative trend as early as April 2017, and for the next 18 months their sales grew steadily. The fall in sales of cars of Chinese brands in November is largely due to the serious negative dynamics, which was demonstrated by the leading brands in this segment, namely Lifan and Chery.

Thus, Lifan, the share of which was about 40% of the total sales of the “Chinese” cars in the last autumn month, showed a drop of 37% (up to 1,100 units), but still kept the leadership. But Chery, with a score of 303 sold units and a two-fold drop, immediately went down to the fifth place, by leaving behind Haval (460 units; an increase of 2.3 times), Geely (393 units; an increase of 2.3 times) and Zotye (381 units, an increase of 4.3 times).

Sales of cars of other Chinese brands in November of 2018 are as follows: DFM (130 units; -14%), FAW (117 units; an increase of 2.9 times), Changan (30 units; -74%), Foton (25 units; -68%), Brilliance (15 units; -59%) and HTM (15 units; an increase of 3.8 times).

According to the experts of the analytic agency AUTOSTAT, despite the fall in November, the sale of new Chinese cars for 11 months shows the growth. For example, in January-November of this year, 31.6 thousand such vehicles were sold in our country, which is more by 12% than in the same period of 2017.