New LCV sales grew by 46% in April 2023

In April, 7.2 thousand new light commercial vehicles (LCV) were sold in our country, which is 45.6% higher than in April 2022. This is reported by experts of analytical agency "AUTOSTAT" with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*. Domestic GAZ remained the leader in this segment, by owning 61% of total market volume. So, last month, 4.4 thousand light commercial vehicles of this brand were sold in Russia (2.2 times higher than in April 2022).

The second place is occupied by Russian UAZ (1.3 thousand units; +26.1%), the third one - by domestic LADA (376 units; -26.7%). The TOP-5 in terms of sales of new LCVs in April of this year also included the newcomer Sollers (254 units) and the American brand Ford (191 units; -74.6%). Of the remaining brands, only two managed to cross the mark of 100 sold units - Korean Hyundai (182 units; + 29.1%) and German Mercedes-Benz (130 units; + 83.1%).

We will talk in more detail about the situation on the commercial vehicle market, its main trends and forecasts for the coming months at the ComAuto - 2023 forum, which will be held on May 25th.

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