LADA Niva became the sales leader in the SUV segment in March

The bestseller in the SUV segment in the Russian market in March was SUV LADA Niva. Cumulative sales of the LADA Niva Travel and Niva Legend families were 2,898 vehicles the last month, which is 52% lower than a year ago, according to the data of the Association of European Businesses. Hyundai Creta compact crossover ranked the second with 1,563 sold cars (-77%). Renault Duster is the next, which sold 1,457 units (-35%). The fourth result was shown by Nissan Qashqai - 1270 cars, which is 37% lower than the previous year. This time Toyota RAV4 finishes the top five of the most popular SUVs in Russia, the sales of which decreased by 76% to 1216 vehicles.

The TOP-10 of bestsellers in the SUV segment in March also included: Mazda CX-5 (1214 units, -35%), Nissan X-Trail (996 units, -47%), Kia Sportage (812 units, -76 %), UAZ "Patriot" (767 units, -23%) and Hyundai Tucson (734 units, an increase of 4.4 times). It should be noted that according to the results of the first three months of 2022, Hyundai Creta is the leader among SUV models with 10,054 sold cars (-48%). They are followed by the LADA Niva SUV family, which sold 9,307 units (-29%), and Renault Duster, the sales of which were 8,526 vehicles (+16%).