Sales of new passenger cars in Russia fell by 43% in February

In the last winter month of 2023, 56.1 thousand new cars were sold in our country, experts of the AUTOSTAT agency report with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*. And this figure is 43.4% less than in February last year. 40% of all sold cars were Russian brands, which is equivalent to 22.5 thousand units. The share of Chinese brands in February was 36.4%, and their total sales volume reached 20.4 thousand units.

And if sales of cars of domestic brands grew by 12.5%, then the "Chinese" - 2.2 times. Manufacturers from Europe, the USA, Japan and South Korea show a decline in the Russian market - in the range from 20% to 90%. In this regard, the share of Russian brands doubled in February (as compared to February 2022), while that of Chinese brands almost quadrupled. The TOP-5 of the brand rating has remained unchanged for the previous months - LADA, Chery, Haval, Geely and Kia. For other brands, sales volumes in the last month of winter were less than 3 thousand units. It is also worth noting that Chinese OMODA and domestic UAZ are among the top ten of leaders in the Russian market. The model rating is still headed by LADA Granta - cars of this family in February 2023 were sold in more than 15 thousand units. And this exceeds a quarter (27%) of the total.

Behind it, LADA Niva Travel and LADA Niva Legend SUVs, as well as Chinese crossovers Chery Tiggo 7 PRO and Haval Jolion are already habitually located. At the same time, the market newcomer - OMODA C5 crossover - was able to take the sixth position.

* JSC "PPK" ("Passport Industrial Consulting") is a joint venture of JSC "Electronic Passport" and LLC "AUTOSTAT".