13.06.2018 / New car sales grew 18.7%
In January-May 2018 new car sales grew 18.7% on the same period of 2017 to 614.3 thousand vehicles. In May 141.3 thousand new cars were sold (+21.6%).
The share of Russian brands increased by 0.5% to 22.1%, at that Russian and foreign brands sales went up by 21.5% and 17.9% correspondingly.
LADA is the market leader with 129.8 thousand new vehicles sold and a 23.3% growth in sales. LADA accounted for 21.1% of the market.
KIA and HYUNDAI with 13.6% and 11.0% of the new car market respectively are the leading brands among foreign brands. RENAULT and VOLKSWAGEN also entered the TOP-5 brands and accounted for 8.6% and 6% of the market correspondingly.
New car sales, January-May, 2017-2018, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New car sales, TOP-10 brands, January-May, 2017-2018, thousand units
|
Brand |
January-May 2017 |
January-May 2018 |
Change, % |
|
LADA |
105.3 |
129.8 |
23.3% |
|
KIA |
66.9 |
83.7 |
25.1% |
|
HYUNDAI |
60.7 |
67.4 |
11.0% |
|
RENAULT |
48.9 |
53.1 |
8.6% |
|
VOLKSWAGEN |
29.8 |
36.8 |
23.5% |
|
TOYOTA |
33.7 |
36.2 |
7.4% |
|
NISSAN |
25.1 |
30.7 |
22.3% |
|
SKODA |
21.1 |
25.3 |
19.9% |
|
FORD |
14.3 |
16.3 |
14.0% |
|
MERCEDES-BENZ |
13.8 |
14.7 |
6.5% |
|
Other |
98.0 |
120.3 |
22.8% |
|
Total |
517.6 |
614.3 |
18.7% |
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
New car sales by brand origin, January-May, 2017-2018, thousand units
Source: Russian Automotive Market Research
