Every fifth car in corporate sales is a premium brand

Experts of the analytical agency AUTOSTAT have already reported that in 2019, legal entities in Russia purchased 248.1 thousand cars. Meanwhile, every fifth such car was a premium brand. So, corporate sales of premium brand cars reached 50 thousand units in the previous year, which is 20.2% of the total volume. At the same time, they grew by 8.5% for the year.

The leader is Mercedes-Benz, sales of which to legal entities reached 14.5 thousand passenger cars - 6.4% higher than in 2018. BMW is the second one (13.8 thousand units; + 22.4%). Note that the total share of two German brands reached more than a half (56.7%) of total corporate sales in the premium segment. In addition to them, TOP-5 includes: Lexus (4.9 thousand units; -2%), Audi (4.8 thousand units; -4%) and LandRover (3.3 thousand units; + 12%). The performance of other premium brands reached less than 2 thousand units.