Skoda increased sales by 9% in Russia in 2019

Russian Skoda dealers sold 88,609 cars in 2019 - 8.8% higher than the previous year. As a result, Skoda ranked the seventh in sales among all automakers in Russia. Skoda compact liftback, sales of which remained at the level of 2018 and reached 35,121 units (+ 0.1%), was the bestseller of Skoda in the Russian market in the previous year. Octavia is the second one with 27,161 sold cars (+ 8.5%), the press service of Skoda Auto Russia reported. Skoda Kodiaq SUV finishes the top-3 of bestsellers with 25,069 sold cars (+ 54.5%). The flagship Skoda Superb found 1,258 owners in 2019 (-42.3%), while since October, the updated Skoda Superb has been available in Russia, which received fully LED matrix headlights and new electronic systems.