Skoda increased sales by 42% in Russia in March

Russian Skoda dealers sold 9,856 cars in March – higher by 42% than a year before. According to the results of the first three months of 2020, sales of the Czech brand in our country reached 21,001 cars, which is higher by 14% than the figure for the same period of the previous year. As a result, Skoda ranked the seventh in sales among all automakers in Russia, and the brand’s market share was 6.1% versus 4.5% a year before, according to AEB.

The best-selling Skoda in the Russian market in March was Octavia, sales of which grew by 42% to 2,951 units. The second place was taken by the Rapid compact liftback – 2,813 buyers (-5%) have chosen it. Skoda Kodiaq crossover finished the top-3 of the best-selling brands with 2,406 sold cars (+ 36%). As AUTOSTAT previously reported, in March Russian Skoda dealers began the accepting of orders for the second-generation Skoda Rapid liftback. The price of new items ranges from 792 thousand rubles to 1 million 171 thousand rubles in the maximum equipment.