Skoda increased sales by 7% in Russia in January

Russian Skoda dealers sold 5,945 cars in January - 7% higher than a year before. As a result, Skoda ranked the seventh in sales among all automakers in Russia, and the brand’s market share was 5.8% in compare with 5.5% of a year before, according to AEB.

Skoda compact liftback, sales of which reached 2040 units (-19%), became the bestseller of Skoda in the Russian market in January. Skoda Kodiaq SUV is the second one with 1981 sold cars (+ 53%). Octavia model finished the top-3 of best-selling Skoda models – 1,835 buyers (+ 13%) chose it.

As AUTOSTAT previously reported, dealers will have a new compact Skoda Karoq crossover in the mid-February, the production of which is established at the facilities in Nizhny Novgorod. Also in the first quarter, new Rapid will go on sale, and the new generation of Octavia in the fourth quarter.

According to Yevgeny Kuvaldin, the director of Skoda's Wagner Group of Companies, the new Karoq crossover has already attracted a large number of brand admirers. Some of them are those car owners who want to replace Yeti model that has left the market for a more modern car. The popularity of Kodiaq will continue to increase - some customers change Octavia or Rapid passenger cars to the more spacious Kodiaq.