What European cars are the best-selling in Russia in 2021? TOP-10 of models

Cars of European brands make up the largest segment of the Russian market. As experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" calculated based on the data of the AEB, in the first half of 2021 they accounted for 30% of all new passenger cars sold in the country.

In quantitative terms, this corresponds to 243.5 thousand units, which is 40.5% higher than in January-June of 2020. Volkswagen Polo remained the most popular model among European cars, sales of which grew by 34% to 28.5 thousand vehicles. It is followed by the compact Skoda Rapid liftback, sales of which were 23.3 thousand units (+ 122%). The top -3 is finished by the French crossover Renault Duster (19.7 thousand units; + 63%). Volkswagen Tiguan with the result of 18.9 thousand cars (+ 41%), Renault Logan (16.8 thousand units; + 38%) and Renault Sandero (13.6 thousand units; +24 %) are the next in the model ranking.

The seventh position of the rating is the novelty of 2020, crossover Skoda Karoq (11.3 thousand units; + 128%). Skoda Kodiaq (11.3 thousand units; + 29%), Renault Kaptur (10.1 thousand units; + 19%) and Renault Arkana (9.4 thousand units; + 29%) also entered the TOP-10 of the European car market.