In August, the luxury car market in Russia fell by 82%

In August 2022, Russians purchased only 17 new luxury cars, which is 82% lower than in the same period of the previous year (97 units). Such data were revealed by the experts of "AUTOSTAT" agency during the processing and analysis of the relevant information of JSC "Electronic Passport". They also noted that for the fourth month in a row, the sales of luxury cars in our country do not exceed two dozen units. If you look from the beginning of the year, the best situation in this market segment was observed in February, when 80 such supercars were bought per a month. In August, Russians purchased 7 new Rolls-Royce cars, 3 each - Bentley and Lamborghini, 2 Ferraris, 1 each - Aurus and Maserati, not a single Aston Martin brand car was bought.

At the same time, 11 out of 17 supercars, i.e. 65% acquired a residence permit in Moscow; two cars were bought in the Republic of Tatarstan. The rest have now replenished the fleets of St. Petersburg, the Moscow region, the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Republic of Mari El. As for the results of eight months, in January-August 2022, 273 new luxury cars were purchased in our country, which is almost a half (-55%) lower than a year ago (608 units). According to the results of eight months, the leaders of the brand rating are the supercars of Rolls-Royce brand, which, with a result of 81 cars, occupied about 30% of the market share in this segment.

Experts explain the current situation in the luxury car segment by the imposed sanctions against Russia by unfriendly states: manufacturers have practically stopped bringing such cars to our country; the restriction on the supply of luxury goods is embedded in the announced sanctions.