Sales of "Chinese" grew 2 times in 2021. Their share also doubled

For the whole previous year, 115,700 new cars of Chinese brands were sold in Russia. As the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" noted, this is a record figure for the whole time of their presence in our market. In addition, if we compare it with the result of 2020, then sales of the “Chinese” grew by 102%. At the same time, the share also almost doubled: from 3.6% to 6.9%. By the end of the year, Haval became the most popular Chinese brand in Russia.

Sales of these cars (including Great Wall pickups) were 39,126 units (according to the AEB), which is 2.3 times higher than a year ago. Chery is the second one, the sales of cars of which grew 3.2 times - up to 37,118 units. Geely finishes the top-3 with a result of 24,587 sold cars (+59%). It should be noted that in total these three brands accounted for 87% of the total number of Chinese sold cars in our country. Car sales for other Chinese brands are as follows: Changan (5,705 units; -20%), EXEED (3,756 units; up 16.6 times), FAW (3,137 units: +17%), GAC (923 units), Lifan (617 units; -55%), DFM (533 units; -43%), Brilliance (110 units; -57%), Zotye (51 units; -68%), Foton (37 items; -73%).

If we look separately at December sales, then in the previous month of the year, 12,316 Chinese cars were sold in our country, which is 64% higher than a year ago.