Car purchases of legal entities fell by 12%

During the preparation of the report “Monthly statistics of vehicle accounting on the balance sheet of legal entities in Russia”, experts of the analytical agency AUTOSTAT found that for 4 months of 2020, legal entities in Russia bought 60 thousand new cars. This is lower by 12% than in January - April of 2019.

According to agency experts, the growth in corporate sales, which was recorded in the 1st quarter, was replaced by a fall - due to the April "failure" (-59% to 9.1 thousand units).

The legal entity gives the largest preferences to the LADA brand - they purchased 8.6 thousand cars of the domestic brand for four months. This is lower by 5% than a year ago. The second most popular was Volkswagen (6.2 thousand units), which was the only one in the TOP-5 that showed positive dynamics (+ 2%). Japanese Toyota finished the top-3, the result of which was 5.8 thousand cars (-13%). The top-5 of brands in terms of corporate sales in January - April included Korean KIA (5.5 thousand units; -10%) and French Renault (4.1 thousand units; -20%).

Leadership in the model structure belongs to Volkswagen Polo. Sales of this sedan reached 4.1 thousand units for 4 months (+ 13%). LADA Largus station wagon is the next, the purchase volume of which by legal entities reached 3.1 thousand units (-17%). The third place was occupied by Toyota Camry model with 2.5 thousand units (-24%). Nissan Qashqai (2.3 thousand units, + 173%) and LADA Granta (2.2 thousand units, + 58%) finished the top-5.