In January, the market of new LCVs fell by 6% in Russia

According to the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, in January of 2021 the market volume of new light commercial vehicles in Russia was 7.2 thousand units. This is lower by 5.7% than in January 2019.

Leadership belongs to the domestic brand GAZ, which accounts for over 38%. Its market volume in the first month of the year decreased by more than a quarter (-25.4%) to 2.7 thousand units. The second place in terms of market volume is also held by the Russian brand - UAZ, the vehicle sales of which, on the contrary, grew by 1.2% to 1.3 thousand units.

LADA moved to the third place with the result of 912 units, which showed the highest dynamics in the top five (+ 48.1%). The best among foreign brands was American Ford (767 units; + 2%). It is followed by the German Volkswagen (365 units; + 4.9%).