Chinese car sales grew by 109% in October

Since the beginning of 2021, sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles of Chinese brands in Russia have been demonstrating monthly growth, and in October they grew again, even in a falling market, experts of the analytical agency AUTOSTAT noted. Thus, the volume of sales of such cars was 13,713 units the previous month, by showing an increase of 109%.

Haval became the most popular Chinese brand in Russia in October. Its products, according to the AEB, were sold in amount of 4 803 units - almost 3 times higher than a year before (1 604 units). Chery is the second one, sales of cars of which grew by 175% - up to 4,098 units. Geely finishes the top three with 3,002 sold cars (+ 49%). Note that in total, these three brands - Haval, Chery, Geely - accounted for almost 87% of the total number of Chinese sold cars in October in Russia.

Sales of cars of other Chinese brands are as follows: Changan (898 units; + 15%), EXEED (397 units), FAW (280 units: -17%), GAC (108 units), DFM (105 units; + 18%), Lifan (16 units; -91%), Brilliance (3 units; -93%), Zotye (2 units), Foton (1 unit; -96%). In general, for 10 months of this year, 90,143 new cars of Chinese brands were sold in our country, which is also 109% higher than a year ago.