During the year, 522 dealer agreements were concluded with Chinese brands

The number of dealers* of Chinese automakers continues to grow in Russia. This is reported by the experts of "AUTOSTAT" agency based on the results of monitoring the official websites of distributors as of the end of the 1st quarter of 2023. So, in compare with a year ago (Q1 2022), 522 dealer agreements for the sale and maintenance of cars were concluded in our country. However, there are also losses - 143 dealer contracts were terminated during the year. Thus, the total number of "Chinese" dealers by the end of the 1st quarter was already 1114 (a year ago it was 735). Such a sharp increase in dealers was partly due to the new OMODA brand.

In a fairly short period of time, it has formed its own dealer network, which already has 119 official auto centers. In addition to it, such newcomers from China as Skywell (19 dealers are already working), Voyah (18) and TANK (11) have appeared in the Russian Federation. Also, during the year, the dealer networks of some Chinese brands, which were previously presented on our market, expanded noticeably. For example, the number of EXEED dealers increased by 58 (taking into account concluded and terminated contracts), Chery - by 57, Geely - by 45, FAW - by 34, Changan and JAC - by 20, Dongfeng - by 19.

As for losses, it is worth noting, for example, Brilliance and Lifan - all of their dealers (23 and 18, respectively) switched to the service. Experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" noted that the growth of Chinese car manufacturers dealer networks will continue further, since of all foreign companies only they continue official deliveries of cars to our market.