21.05.2018 / In April 2018 new car sales grew by 21%
New car sales
In Jan-Apr 2018 new car sales grew by 17.6% on the same period of 2017 to 472 thousand units. In April 2018 over 147 thousand new cars were sold which was a 21% rise on April 2017.
Russian brands account for 21.8% - nearly the same share as a year ago, at that Russian brands sales grew by 20.5%, whereas foreign brands sales were 16.8% up.
LADA is the market leader with a 21% market share and 98.2 thousand new cars sold. At that LADA increased its sales by 22.4%.
KIA and HYUNDAI came second and third with 13.3% and 11% of new car sales correspondingly. During the period under consideration KIA sales went 20.4% up and HYUNDAI sales grew by 11.2%.
New car sales, 2017-2018, Jan-Apr, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New car sales, TOP-10 brands, 2017-2018, Jan-Apr, thousand units
|
Brand |
Jan-Apr 2017 |
Jan-Apr 2018 |
Change, % |
|
LADA |
80,2 |
98,2 |
22,4% |
|
KIA |
52 |
62,6 |
20,4% |
|
HYUNDAI |
46,5 |
51,7 |
11,2% |
|
RENAULT |
37,4 |
41,1 |
9,9% |
|
TOYOTA |
26,5 |
28,1 |
6,0% |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
22,9 |
27,9 |
21,8% |
|
NISSAN |
20 |
24 |
20,0% |
|
SKODA |
16 |
19,5 |
21,9% |
|
FORD |
11,4 |
13,3 |
16,7% |
|
MERCEDES-BENZ |
11 |
11,5 |
4,5% |
|
Other |
77,5 |
94,1 |
21,4% |
|
Total |
401,4 |
472 |
17,6% |
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New car sales by brand origin, 2017-2018, Jan-Apr, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New LCV sales
New LCV sales in Jan-Apr 2018 amounted to 38.1 thousand vehicles, which was a 6.7 growth on the same period a year ago. Unlike March 2018, when sales went down by 7.5%, in April sales showed a 9.5% rise on April 2017.
Foreign brands sales grew by 33.5% whereas Russian brands showed just a 3.2% increase.
GAZ with 15.5 thousand new vehicles sold accounted for 41% of new LCV sales, at that GAZ sales went 11.5% up.
UAZ sales, on the contrary, declined: UAZ sold 6.9 thousand LCV, which was a 25% fall on Jan-Apr 2017. The market share went down from 26% to 18%.
Ford is the most popular foreign brand on the Russian LCV market. Ford sales grew by 77.8% and the market share went up from 5% to 8%.
New LCV sales, 2017-2018, Jan-Apr, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New LCV sales, TOP-10 brands, 2017-2018, Jan-Apr, thousand units
|
Brand |
Jan-Apr 2017 |
Jan-Apr 2018 |
Change, % |
|
GAZ |
13,9 |
15,5 |
11,5% |
|
UAZ |
9,2 |
6,9 |
-25,0% |
|
FORD |
1,8 |
3,2 |
77,8% |
|
LADA |
2,6 |
2,6 |
0,0% |
|
MERCEDES-BENZ |
2,3 |
2,3 |
0,0% |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
1,8 |
2,1 |
16,7% |
|
MITSUBISHI |
0,2 |
1 |
400,0% |
|
TOYOTA |
1,1 |
0,8 |
-27,3% |
|
PEUGEOT |
0,6 |
0,7 |
16,7% |
|
CITROEN |
0,5 |
0,6 |
20,0% |
|
Other |
1,7 |
2,4 |
41,2% |
|
Total |
35,7 |
38,1 |
6,7% |
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New LCV sales by brand origin, 2017-2018, Jan-Apr, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
