Skoda sales grew by 69% in Russia in July

Russian Skoda dealers sold 12,329 cars in July, which is higher by 69% than in the same month of the previous year. According to this indicator, the Czech brand managed to take the fourth place (after LADA, KIA and Hyundai) in the Russian market, and its share, according to the AEB, reached 8.7% (versus 5.5% in July of 2019).

Skoda's bestseller in the Russian market in July was the second generation Skoda Rapid liftback, which went on sale only this spring. For the previous month, 5271 Russian buyers have chosen this model. Octavia was the second one by popularity, sales of which increased by 48% to 2,756 units. The compact crossover Karoq finished the top-three of bestsellers of the brand with 2,515 sold cars. Also in July, 1,631 Kodiaq crossovers and 156 Superb models were sold. Note that, by the results of 7 months of 2020, Skoda sales in our country reached 46,546 cars, which is lower by 1% than the figure for the same period of the previous year.