Sales of LADA cars fell 4.5 times in April of 2022

AVTOVAZ sold 8,506 LADA vehicles in the Russian market in April, which is 78% lower than a year before. According to the results of four months of 2022, Russian LADA dealers sold 61,218 cars, which is 50% lower than in the same period of the previous year. As a result, the market share of LADA since the beginning of the year was 20.8% against 23.6% a year before, according to the AEB. AVTOVAZ's bestseller in April was LADA Granta, the sales of which were 2598 vehicles (-82%). The second result was shown by LADA Vesta – 1977 sold cars (-82%).

Aggregate sales of LADA Niva Travel and Niva Legend SUVs were 1941 vehicles last month, which is 64% lower than a year before. LADA Largus station wagon is the next with 840 sold cars (-76%). Sales of the LADA XRAY model were 497 units (-82%). As previously reported by "AUTOSTAT", AVTOVAZ was on a corporate vacation from April 4 to April 24th, which was postponed from the upcoming summer due to the ongoing crisis in the supply of electronic components and in order to prevent a significant reduction in employees' earnings. During the vacation, the company planned to accumulate the necessary stock of components to ensure more stable operation of enterprises in Tolyatti and Izhevsk, in particular in May.

Meanwhile, due to the forecast of the Russian car market and the ongoing crisis in the supply of electronic components, AVTOVAZ introduces a 4-day working week at production sites in Togliatti and Izhevsk from June 6, 2022 for a period of 3 months. The reduced regime applies to 100% of AVTOVAZ employees.