The share of sales of foreign cars is growing in Russia

According to the results of the 1st quarter of 2022, foreign cars have 75.7% of the total sales of new passenger cars and LCVs in Russia. Experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" noted that a year ago this figure was 74.3%, i.е. was 1.4 percentage points lower. The increase in the share of foreign cars is explained by the fact that their sales during the reporting period fell less than the whole market.

Thus, cars of foreign brands were sold in the amount of 210,068 units for 3 months (according to AEB). This is 27% lower than in January-March 2021. But the whole Russian market fell by 27.4% to 277,332 units. In turn, sales of cars of domestic brands in the 1st quarter fell more than the market - by 32.3% to 67,264 units. Therefore, their share has decreased from the previous year's 25.7% to the current 24.3%.