Russian market of new LCVs grew by 2.5% in January

The market volume of new light commercial vehicles (LCV) in the Russian Federation in January 2022 was 7.5 thousand units, by showing an increase of 2.5% (against January 2021). This was established by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" in the course of processing and analyzing the relevant data of JSC "Electronic Passport".

The leader of the brand rating was the domestic brand GAZ, which, according to the results of the first month of the year, owns almost 42% of the market. In January, its figure exceeded 3.1 thousand cars, which is 12% higher than a year ago. The second place (and the first among foreign cars) is occupied by the American Ford with a result of 1.4 thousand cars, which improved the result of January 2021 by almost 85%. The third position is occupied by LADA light commercial vehicles, purchased with a circulation of 881 units (-4.8%).

It should be noted that 6 of ten brands included in the top ten showed a negative trend in January. Volkswagen has the lowest fall (-47.3%). Opel has the highest growth (+128.8%), but on a low base of the previous period. As for the model rating, GAZ Gazelle Next is traditionally in the first position. In January, this model was purchased with a circulation of 1739 units. It is followed by Ford Transit (1432 units) and LADA Largus VU van (847 units). The top five also included GAZ 3302 and GAZ 2752, purchased in the amount of 672 and 324 units.