Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia fell by 83.5% in May to 24,268 vehicles. According to the results of five months of 2022, the Russian car market was 318,114 vehicles (-52%), according to the data of the Association of European Businesses. Leadership in the Russian car market is held by the LADA brand, the sales of which fell by 84 % the previous month and reached 6012 cars.
The second place in terms of sales is kept by Kia – sales of 3,606 cars (-81%) provided the Korean brand with the leadership in the foreign car market. Hyundai is the third one with 2,916 sold cars, down 82% from a year ago. This is followed by GAZ, the dealers of which sold 1890 light commercial vehicles (-57%). Renault finishes the top five this time - cars of this brand were chosen by 1789 buyers (-86%). The top-10 of best-selling brands in May also included UAZ (1302 units, -41%), Geely (907 units, -55%), Haval (892 units, -72%), Skoda (805 units, -92%) and Volkswagen (579 units, -94%).
