Passenger Car Market in Russia. Results of 2017, Trends and Prospects

Summing up results of the previous year, we offer you the new installment of the marketing report on the Russian passenger car market, prepared by experts of AUTOSTAT analytic agency. 

The report “Passenger Car Market in Russia. Results of 2017, Trends and Prospects” contains detailed information on the last year’s passenger car sales, their dynamics and structure, market capacity, its price parameters, segmentation, etc. 

Results of passenger car sales in Europe, as well as information on the market leaders by classes are included as separate pages.  Moreover, we paid special attention to trends and prospects of passenger car market in the forecast of the automotive market development in short-term prospects.

Each market player’s sales results – dynamics for recent years, model structure and monthly sales - are represented in the report visually.

In 2017 new passenger car sales in Russia came up to almost 1.5 million vehicles, which is 12.3% more than a year ago. Domestic LADA, the absolute leader of the Russian market, left its foreign competitors far behind. The sales of the brand increased by 17% up to 300,000 vehicles. South Korean KIA and Hyundai sold 181,800 vehicles (+21.6%) and 156,600 vehicles (+8.7%) respectively. 

According to AUTOSTAT estimation, in 2017 the average price of a passenger car in the Russian market came up to 1.33 million roubles. 

During the year, companies imported 235,100 passenger cars, that is 0.5% more than a year ago. German Mercedes-Benz became a leader here. Japanese Toyota move down to the second place while Lexus remained on the third place. The TOP-3 generates over 40% of the total import. We should also mention that the share of used cars in the import grew up to almost 8% last year. 

Marketing report “Passenger Car Market in Russia. Results of 2017, Trends and Prospects” was prepared with an office research method. The major information sources are AEB, FCS (Federal Customs Service), ACEA data as well as our own databases and information obtained from the market players directly. All data presented in the report is clearly organized and compiled in tables. Every subject is illustrated with graphs and diagrams. On-line evaluation of the situation by some major parameters is included in our monthly reviews of the Russian market.

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