Chinese brands just about took leadership in the Russian automotive market last week

From June 27 to July 3, 2022 (week 26) the sales of new Chinese passenger cars in Russia came up to 2,226 vehicles. According to the data of Electronic Passport company, processed by the experts of AUTOSTAT agency, Chinese brands about became the leaders of the Russian market.  During the period under review, passenger cars of domestic brands were sold the most – 2,244 vehicles. That means that Chinese brands lacked only 19 cars to get ahead of Russian manufacturers.

In the 26th week, domestic and Chinese brands generated almost half of our market - they accounted for 24.9% and 24.7%, respectively. Another 23% came from Korean, about 15% from European, 12% from Japanese and 1%  from American brands. We should also mention that the TOP-10 of the Russian market last week included four Chinese brands: Chery (4th place), Haval (5th place), Geely (6th place) and EXEED (9th place).  The TOP-10 models included three Chinese vehicles: the Haval Jolion (5th place), the Chery Tiggo 7 PRO (6th place) and the Geely Coolray (8th place).