About 220 thousand units of automotive equipment were sold in the 1st quarter

From January to March 2023, the sales volume of new vehicles in Russia was 218.6 thousand units, which is 31% lower than for 3 months of last year. Such data* were given by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" within the framework of the online broadcast "AUTOSTAT Operativka. Operational information in the Russian car market. Results of March 2023”.

Approximately 80% of this amount belonged to the passenger car segment. Thus, according to the results of the 1st quarter, 171.3 thousand new cars were sold in our country, which is 35% lower than in the same period of 2022. The negative dynamics also affected light commercial vehicles (LCV), the sales volume of which was 16.4 thousand units (-40%). Growth is observed in other segments of the automotive market.

If the sales of new buses in January-March 2023 increased by 10% (up to 4.2 thousand units), then trucks - by 21% (up to 26.7 thousand units).

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