Over a quarter of the Russian car market in August belongs to the "Chinese"

In August 2022, the residents of the Russian Federation purchased 11,037 new Chinese passenger cars. According to the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT", by the results of data processing by JSC "Electronic Passport", this is 25.9% of the total market. Experts also draw attention to the fact that since April the share of "Chinese" in our market has been constantly growing. If in January - March it was at the level of 9.5%, then in April it increased to 12.6%, in May - up to 17%, in June - up to 21%, in July - up to 24.3%. Now a new record has been set - almost 26%! At the same time, only domestic automakers are higher than the "Chinese", the share of which in August was 38.7%.

It should be also noted that only Chinese brands managed to demonstrate the market growth in compare with August of the previous year (+20%), while Russian, Korean, Japanese, European and American brands show a decline. The best among the "Chinese" in August was Haval, cars of which were sold in a circulation of 3,040 units. Chery and Geely are a little behind (2,983 and 2,935 units, respectively). We also note EXEED, the result of which in August was 1,282 cars. These four brands had 93% of all purchased cars from China. The leadership in this model rating this time belongs to the Haval Jolion crossover, which was owned by 2,055 Russians in the last month of summer.

Then Geely Coolray (1,599 units) and Chery Tiggo 7 PRO (1,595 units) follow with almost equal performance. Each of the remaining "Chinese" in August was bought in an amount of less than 800 units.