What convertibles do Russians drive? And where are the most of them?

Many people know that Maria Sharapova, Gosha Kutsenko, Victoria Daineko love to ride convertibles, there is information about it on the Internet. And we decided to see how many people in Russia own cars without a roof.

According to the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, as of January 1st, 2021, there were 19,184 convertibles in our country. In compare with the total fleet of 45 million passenger cars, it is, of course, a drop in the bucket. Nevertheless, as it turned out, today there are convertibles in almost every Russian region - even in Yakutia (10 units) and Chukotka (7 units).

The leader among the regional "cabrio fleets" is, of course, the capital - there are registered 5,990 such cars. The second place in this rating is occupied by St. Petersburg (1959 units), Moscow region is the third one (1763 units). Krasnodar Territory is the leader among non-capital regions in terms of the number of convertibles (1177 units). In each of the remaining subjects of the Russian Federation, the number of cars with this type of body does not even reach 600 units.

As for brand preferences, it turned out that more than 50 brands of cabriolets were registered in our country. Most often, among them you can find Mercedes-Benz, their number is 4224 units (22% of the total number), that is almost every fifth convertible in Russia. We also have 2,660 BMW open-top vehicles.

The third place in this rating is occupied by Peugeot convertibles (1,772 units), Porsche (1,763 units) is quite a bit behind. There are less than 1,000 convertibles of other brands, and the mentioned above four brands have more than a half (54%) of the total fleet of such cars.