Lada Kalina became the most saleable model in Russia

By the results of March AUTOVAZ sold 50043 cars in the Russian market and it was more by 46,4% than in the previous year. It should be reminded that AUTOVAZ had the sales growth in March of the previous year at fist since May of 2008 due to the scrappage program activity. By the results of I quarter of this year AUTOVAZ sold 126172 of Lada cars in Russia and this indicator exceeded the previous year result by 74,9%.
As the press-office of AUTOVAZ informed AUTOSTAT agency, the scrappage program, which was the main catalyst in the Russian market, stimulated the commercial sales. AUTOVAZ was going to shift the demand from �classic� models to the contemporary cars and the sales by families showed that they managed to do it for the first quarter of 2011. So, the leader of sales was Lada Kalina in January-March with an indicator of 31171 cars and it was 2,5 times more than in the previous year (+155,7%). The second place was occupied by �classic� model � the sales of Lada 2105/2107 were 28633 cars (+138,3%). Lada Priora was on the third place with an indicator of 28192 of sold cars (+34,4%). The fourth place is still occupied by Lada Samara, the sales of which increased by 16,9% to 20865 cars. The sales of Lada 4x4 SUVs were 12390 units (+44%).
There were sent for export 3790 Lada cars (+21,5%) and AUTOVAZ sold 10762 cars in the external markets since the beginning of year (+67,3%).