Sales of diesel cars are growing in Russia

According to the assessment of the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, for 11 months of 2019, 123.7 thousand new passenger cars equipped with a diesel engine were sold in Russia. This is 1% higher than in January - November of 2018.

The best-selling such car is Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUV - for the reporting period, 8.4 thousand units of its diesel modifications were sold (-5%). Renault Duster crossover is the second one in this rating (6.6 thousand units; + 1%), and Hyundai Santa Fe finishes the top-3 of leaders (6.2 thousand units), the sales of which with the diesel engine grew by 54%.

In addition to them, the top-10 of popular diesel engine models in the Russian Federation included: Mitsubishi Pajero Sport (6.1 thousand units; -15%), Skoda Kodiaq (5.5 thousand units; + 51%), Volkswagen Tiguan (5.5 thousand units; -13%), KIA Sorento Prime (5.4 thousand units; -15%), BMW 5-Series (4.8 thousand units; + 31%), Toyota Land Cruiser (4.5 thousand units; -17%) and BMW X5 (4 thousand units; -2%).

According to the experts of analytic agency AUTOSTAT, diesel car sales are growing amid a fall of the entire Russian market (-3%). As a result, their market share for the year grew from 8.1% to 8.4%.