Premium car market grew by 13% in July

According to the experts of AUTOSTAT analytic agency, 14.6 thousand new premium segment vehicles were purchased in Russia in July 2020. That is 13% more than a year ago. The residents of our country gave the greatest preference to BMW - last month 4,236 vehicles of the Bavarian brand were bought, that is 21% more than a year ago. 

The second place in the premium segment in July was taken by Mercedes-Benz (3,902 vehicles) with 21% growth. It is followed by Lexus with 2,265 vehicles (+19%). The result of Audi (1,206 vehicles) was 4% worse than last year. A number of premium brands sold fewer than a thousand vehicles: Volvo (853 vehicles; + 15%), Porsche (731 vehicles; + 42%), Land Rover (385 vehicles; -42%), MINI (247 vehicles; -11%) and Infiniti (222 vehicles; -26%). Other brands sold fewer than 200 vehicles. At the same time, the maximum decline was registered by Smart (-98%), and Cadillac had the maximum growth (+ 78%).

According to the experts of AUTOSTAT analytic agency, in July the premium segment had  a little better dynamics than the entire Russian market ( + 8.5%). Its share was 9.4%.