The passenger car market grew by 2.5 times in June

The passenger car market continued to grow in June: 82.4 thousand cars were sold, which is 2.5 times more than a year ago. Demand is fueled by exchange rate dynamics and the expansion of model ranges – Lada Vesta, which returned to the market, immediately entered the top of the best-selling models. But the leadership among AvtoVAZ brands is still provided by the budget Granta, while Chery and Haval are the most popular among foreign cars.

Sales of passenger cars in June increased by 2.5 times, up to 82.4 thousand units, Avtostat calculated based on the data of the Electronic Passport. This is 14.2% higher than in May resultwhen demand sagged a bit due to long holidays. According to the results of the first half of the year, sales grow by 14% – 401.6 thousand cars were sold.

“b” expected maintaining demand at around 80,000 cars during the summer months, despite the fact that this is a traditionally low period for the market. This is facilitated, among other things, by the dynamics of the exchange rate, which encourages buyers to hurry up with the acquisition, as well as the growth in the variety of models. In the model rating of “AUTOSTAT” for June, Lada Vesta reappeared, sales of which started last month. However, its sales are still significantly lower than Granta (2.3 thousand and 15.9 thousand, respectively). Although before the crisis and the suspension of production in Izhevsk, Vesta repeatedly led the top sales.

Lada continues to be the market bestseller in June: its sales tripled to 23.8 thousand vehicles.

Myself AvtoVAZ estimated its own sales higher, reporting their growth by 3.7 times, to 27.8 thousand cars, however, these data also take into account light commercial vehicles.

The most popular foreign brand is Chinese Chery. Its sales over the past month increased 4.3 times, up to 10.1 thousand cars. The top 10 of the market also included Chery sub-brands – Exeed (growth by 3.6 times, to 3.1 thousand units) and Omoda (almost 3.4 thousand cars sold). All three of these brands report their sales through the Association of European Businesses (AEB) only quarterly, not monthly. In third place in terms of sales in June – Haval, the sale of which increased by 5.2 times, up to 8.3 thousand units. Next come Geely (an increase of 4.2 times, up to 6.9 thousand cars) and changan (an increase of 21.7 times, up to 3.5 thousand). Of the brands outside of China, the top 10 included Kia, Hyundai And Toyota, although these cars are not officially delivered to the Russian Federation now. Unlike the AEB, Avtostat provides data on the sale of cars imported into the Russian Federation bypassing official importers – on parallel imports. The share of such machines on the market in recent months was 12–14%.

Olga Nikitina