In 2018, the Russians purchased more than 80 thousand Chinese pre-owned cars

According to the analytic agency AUTOSTAT, in 2018 the volume of the market of pre-owned cars of Chinese brands reached 80.5 thousand units, which is more by 8.5% than a year before.

In the secondary market, among Chinese brands, Chery enjoys the greatest popularity among Russians –the volume of resale of such vehicles was 25.1 thousand units in the last year (+ 3.7%).

In the second place by this indicator Lifan is located, sales of which in the secondary market grew by 13.6% up to 20.2 thousand units. Geely closes the TOP-three - 14.3 thousand of pre-owned cars of this brand found new owners in our country (+ 11.7%). The TOP-5 of the most popular brands among the pre-owned "Chinese" cars in the Russian Federation also included Great Wall (13.7 thousand units; + 4.5%) and BYD (2 thousand units; + 1.5%).

In the model rating, Cherry Tiggo is the leader here - sales of pre-owned cars of this kind in 2018 amounted to 8.6 thousand units, an increase of 5.6%. It is followed by Lifan Solano, the volume of resale of which amounted to 7 thousand units (+ 4.3%). The third place in the ranking is belonged to another Lifan model - the X60 crossover (6.2 thousand units; + 22.9%). Great Wall Hover H3 (6 thousand units, + 5.3%) and Geely Emgrand (5 thousand units, + 14.7%) are the next in the preferences of Russians in the secondary market among Chinese cars.