Russia - Flash report, Sales volume, 2018

Flash report, December 2018

16 Jan. 2019

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 5.6% in December, up 12.8% for 2018
The 175,240 new cars and light commercial vehicles sold in Russia in December represented a increase 5.6% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee.
In all of 2018, 1,800,591 cars were sold in Russia, an 12.8% up from 2017 sales.
Among the four largest OEM retailers in Russia in 2018, Lada sales were up 15.6% to 360,204 units, Kia sales were up 25.1% to 227,584 units, Hyundai sales were up 12.9% to 178,269 units and Renault sales were up 0.3% to 137,602 units sold.
The top 3 models sold in 2018 were Lada Vesta, Lada Granta, Kia Rio.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “Total market sales in December improved by 5.6% on an annual basis, closing the year with a 12-month streak of consecutive growth. Thus, cumulative sales in 2018 reached 1.801 million units, posting a 12.8% plus compared to the prior year. The outlook for 2019 is not so straightforward. Consumer tax increases and a possible tightening of US sanctions create significant risks and uncertainties for the market performance especially in the first quarter of the year. Assuming no drastic change in government policy and support for the automotive sector, market participants however expect that fundamental market demand should be robust enough for sales to consolidate and to return to a growth pattern in the course of the year. With this in mind, our 2019 full year prediction for sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia is a moderate improvement to 1.87 million units, or by 3.6% compared to the prior year”.

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share		Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share
Lada	35,407	20.2%	32,580	19.6%	8.7%	360,204	20.0%	311,588	19.5%	15.6%
Kia	18,081	10.3%	13,211	8.0%	36.9%	227,584	12.6%	181,947	11.4%	25.1%
Hyundai	15,075	8.6%	14,977	9.0%	0.7%	178,269	9.9%	157,858	9.9%	12.9%
Renault	8,097	4.6%	14,555	8.8%	-44.4%	137,062	7.6%	136,682	8.6%	0.3%
Toyota	12,266	7.0%	10,885	6.6%	12.7%	108,492	6.0%	94,238	5.9%	15.1%
VW	11,179	6.4%	10,366	6.2%	7.8%	106,056	5.9%	89,469	5.6%	18.5%
Skoda	8,184	4.7%	6,005	3.6%	36.3%	81,459	4.5%	62,302	3.9%	30.7%
Nissan	8,337	4.8%	8,499	5.1%	-1.9%	80,925	4.5%	76,000	4.8%	6.5%
GAZ LCV	8,454	4.8%	6,713	4.0%	25.9%	60,677	3.4%	58,617	3.7%	3.5%
Ford	5,746	3.3%	5,705	3.4%	0.7%	53,234	3.0%	50,360	3.2%	5.7%
Mitsubishi	5,532	3.2%	3,706	2.2%	49.3%	45,391	2.5%	24,325	1.5%	86.6%
UAZ	5,642	3.2%	4,623	2.8%	22.0%	41,252	2.3%	41,632	2.6%	-0.9%
Mercedes-Benz	3,362	1.9%	3,153	1.9%	6.6%	37,788	2.1%	36,808	2.3%	2.7%
BMW	3,107	1.8%	2,791	1.7%	11.3%	35,619	2.0%	30,018	1.9%	18.7%
Mazda	3,640	2.1%	3,053	1.8%	19.2%	31,683	1.8%	25,910	1.6%	22.3%
Chevrolet	3,617	2.1%	3,475	2.1%	4.1%	30,021	1.7%	32,071	2.0%	-6.4%
Lexus	2,481	1.4%	2,711	1.6%	-8.5%	24,312	1.4%	23,693	1.5%	2.6%
Datsun	2,503	1.4%	2,854	1.7%	-12.3%	20,559	1.1%	24,510	1.5%	-16.1%
Audi	1,721	1.0%	1,452	0.9%	18.5%	16,216	0.9%	16,878	1.1%	-3.9%
Lifan	1,320	0.8%	2,120	1.3%	-37.7%	15,097	0.8%	16,964	1.1%	-11.0%
Land Rover	1,039	0.6%	791	0.5%	31.4%	9,840	0.5%	8,883	0.6%	10.8%
Subaru	1,006	0.6%	801	0.5%	25.6%	8,032	0.4%	6,080	0.4%	32.1%
Volvo	918	0.5%	1,077	0.6%	-14.8%	7,772	0.4%	7,011	0.4%	10.9%
VW NFZ	884	0.5%	830	0.5%	6.5%	7,689	0.4%	6,990	0.4%	10.0%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	575	0.3%	801	0.5%	-28.2%	6,345	0.4%	6,504	0.4%	-2.4%
Suzuki	713	0.4%	786	0.5%	-9.3%	6,016	0.3%	5,001	0.3%	20.3%
Chery	624	0.4%	609	0.4%	2.5%	5,611	0.3%	5,905	0.4%	-5.0%
Peugeot	426	0.2%	600	0.4%	-29.0%	5,514	0.3%	4,931	0.3%	11.8%
Ravon	0	0.0%	2,100	1.3%	-100.0%	5,184	0.3%	15,078	0.9%	-65.6%
Porsche	575	0.3%	594	0.4%	-3.2%	5,118	0.3%	4,578	0.3%	11.8%
Honda	587	0.3%	533	0.3%	10.1%	5,113	0.3%	2,435	0.2%	110.0%
Infiniti	307	0.2%	404	0.2%	-24.0%	4,654	0.3%	4,972	0.3%	-6.4%
Citroen	364	0.2%	437	0.3%	-16.7%	3,710	0.2%	4,377	0.3%	-15.2%
Geely	639	0.4%	193	0.1%	231.1%	3,352	0.2%	2,234	0.1%	50.0%
Haval	557	0.3%	201	0.1%	177.1%	3,213	0.2%	1,894	0.1%	69.6%
Zotye	381	0.2%	191	0.1%	99.5%	3,175	0.2%	1,088	0.1%	191.8%
Jaguar	293	0.2%	157	0.1%	86.6%	2,537	0.1%	2,173	0.1%	16.8%
MINI	200	0.1%	139	0.1%	43.9%	2,330	0.1%	1,580	0.1%	47.5%
Genesis	205	0.1%	107	0.1%	91.6%	1,831	0.1%	1,031	0.1%	77.6%
Jeep	230	0.1%	92	0.1%	150.0%	1,773	0.1%	1,274	0.1%	39.2%
Changan	13	0.0%	133	0.1%	-90.2%	1,510	0.1%	1,411	0.1%	7.0%
Dongfeng Motor	165	0.1%	197	0.1%	-16.2%	1,445	0.1%	913	0.1%	58.3%
FAW	109	0.1%	44	0.0%	147.7%	1,417	0.1%	553	0.0%	156.2%
Cadillac	178	0.1%	124	0.1%	43.5%	1,176	0.1%	1,365	0.1%	-13.8%
Fiat	153	0.1%	268	0.2%	-42.9%	1,135	0.1%	2,323	0.1%	-51.1%
Isuzu	133	0.1%	98	0.1%	35.7%	809	0.0%	736	0.0%	9.9%
smart	26	0.0%	82	0.0%	-68.3%	689	0.0%	934	0.1%	-26.2%
Iveco	71	0.0%	82	0.0%	-13.4%	547	0.0%	469	0.0%	16.6%
Foton	37	0.0%	72	0.0%	-48.6%	362	0.0%	534	0.0%	-32.2%
Hyundai LCV	14	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	261	0.0%	69	0.0%	278.3%
Brilliance	18	0.0%	26	0.0%	-30.8%	171	0.0%	219	0.0%	-21.9%
HTM	23	0.0%	2	0.0%	1050.0%	144	0.0%	99	0.0%	45.5%
Ssangyong	21	0.0%	7	0.0%	200.0%	142	0.0%	123	0.0%	15.4%
Chrysler	5	0.0%	1	0.0%	400.0%	74	0.0%	9	0.0%	722.2%
BAW	-	-%	-	-%	-%	-	-%	91	0.0%	-%
Total	175,240	100.0%	166,013	100.0%	5.6%	1,800,591	100.0%	1,595,737	100.0%	12.8%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, November 2018

7 Dec. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 10.1% in November
The 167,494 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in November 2018 represented a increase of 10.1% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on December 6.
The 1,625,351 new cars and LCVs sold in the first eleven months of 2018 represented an increase of 13.7% over the same period in 2017.
Among the five largest OEM retailers in Russia in November 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 15.4% to 33,663 units, Kia sales were up 30.5% to 21,011 units, Hyundai was up 3.9% to 15,882 units, Renault was up 1.1% to 13,517 units and Volkswagen was up 13.2% to 10,179 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in November were the Lada Granta, Lada Vesta and Kia Rio.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “Total car market sales continue to demonstrate robust momentum in November. As commented on before, we can expect a similar strong performance in December, as customers are rushing to take advantage of year-end price deals including the still valid VAT rate. ”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share		Jan.-Nov.	Share	Jan.-Nov.	Share
Lada	33,663	20.1%	29,163	19.2%	15.4%	324,797	20.0%	279,008	19.5%	16.4%
Kia	21,011	12.5%	16,106	10.6%	30.5%	209,503	12.9%	168,736	11.8%	24.2%
Hyundai	15,882	9.5%	15,284	10.0%	3.9%	163,194	10.0%	142,881	10.0%	14.2%
Renault	13,517	8.1%	13,373	8.8%	1.1%	128,965	7.9%	122,127	8.5%	5.6%
VW	10,179	6.1%	8,995	5.9%	13.2%	94,877	5.8%	79,103	5.5%	19.9%
Toyota	9,986	6.0%	8,603	5.7%	16.1%	96,226	5.9%	83,353	5.8%	15.4%
Skoda	8,188	4.9%	5,731	3.8%	42.9%	73,275	4.5%	56,297	3.9%	30.2%
Nissan	7,548	4.5%	7,672	5.0%	-1.6%	72,588	4.5%	67,501	4.7%	7.5%
GAZ LCV	5,062	3.0%	5,828	3.8%	-13.1%	52,223	3.2%	51,904	3.6%	0.6%
Ford	4,878	2.9%	4,922	3.2%	-0.9%	47,488	2.9%	44,655	3.1%	6.3%
UAZ	4,522	2.7%	4,288	2.8%	5.5%	35,610	2.2%	37,009	2.6%	-3.8%
Mitsubishi	4,418	2.6%	3,213	2.1%	37.5%	39,859	2.5%	20,619	1.4%	93.3%
BMW	3,250	1.9%	2,778	1.8%	17.0%	32,512	2.0%	27,227	1.9%	19.4%
Mercedes-Benz	3,136	1.9%	3,215	2.1%	-2.5%	34,426	2.1%	33,655	2.4%	2.3%
Mazda	3,056	1.8%	2,570	1.7%	18.9%	28,043	1.7%	22,857	1.6%	22.7%
Chevrolet	2,431	1.5%	2,763	1.8%	-12.0%	26,404	1.6%	28,596	2.0%	-7.7%
Datsun	2,220	1.3%	2,298	1.5%	-3.4%	18,056	1.1%	21,656	1.5%	-16.6%
Lexus	2,101	1.3%	1,996	1.3%	5.3%	21,831	1.3%	20,982	1.5%	4.0%
Audi	1,570	0.9%	1,400	0.9%	12.1%	14,495	0.9%	15,426	1.1%	-6.0%
Lifan	1,100	0.7%	1,750	1.2%	-37.1%	13,777	0.8%	14,844	1.0%	-7.2%
Land Rover	1,044	0.6%	727	0.5%	43.6%	8,801	0.5%	8,092	0.6%	8.8%
Volvo	908	0.5%	555	0.4%	63.6%	6,854	0.4%	5,934	0.4%	15.5%
Subaru	794	0.5%	660	0.4%	20.3%	7,026	0.4%	5,279	0.4%	33.1%
VW Vans	740	0.4%	665	0.4%	11.3%	6,805	0.4%	6,160	0.4%	10.5%
Suzuki	631	0.4%	518	0.3%	21.8%	5,303	0.3%	4,215	0.3%	25.8%
Porsche	605	0.4%	469	0.3%	29.0%	4,543	0.3%	3,984	0.3%	14.0%
Honda	501	0.3%	484	0.3%	3.5%	4,526	0.3%	1,902	0.1%	138.0%
Haval	460	0.3%	204	0.1%	125.5%	2,656	0.2%	1,693	0.1%	56.9%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	459	0.3%	679	0.4%	-32.4%	5,770	0.4%	5,703	0.4%	1.2%
Peugeot	409	0.2%	475	0.3%	-13.9%	5,088	0.3%	4,331	0.3%	17.5%
Geely	393	0.2%	169	0.1%	132.5%	2,713	0.2%	2,041	0.1%	32.9%
Zotye	381	0.2%	88	0.1%	333.0%	2,794	0.2%	897	0.1%	211.5%
Infiniti	357	0.2%	314	0.2%	13.7%	4,347	0.3%	4,568	0.3%	-4.8%
Chery	303	0.2%	604	0.4%	-49.8%	4,987	0.3%	5,296	0.4%	-5.8%
Citroen	303	0.2%	305	0.2%	-0.7%	3,346	0.2%	3,940	0.3%	-15.1%
Jaguar	223	0.1%	170	0.1%	31.2%	2,244	0.1%	2,016	0.1%	11.3%
MINI	205	0.1%	150	0.1%	36.7%	2,130	0.1%	1,441	0.1%	47.8%
Genesis	179	0.1%	116	0.1%	54.3%	1,626	0.1%	924	0.1%	76.0%
Jeep	172	0.1%	78	0.1%	120.5%	1,543	0.1%	1,182	0.1%	30.5%
Dongfeng Motor	130	0.1%	152	0.1%	-14.5%	1,280	0.1%	716	0.1%	78.8%
FAW	117	0.1%	40	0.0%	192.5%	1,308	0.1%	509	0.0%	157.0%
Cadillac	101	0.1%	101	0.1%	0.0%	998	0.1%	1,241	0.1%	-19.6%
Isuzu	76	0.0%	58	0.0%	31.0%	676	0.0%	638	0.0%	6.0%
Fiat	69	0.0%	224	0.1%	-69.2%	982	0.1%	2,055	0.1%	-52.2%
Iveco	44	0.0%	25	0.0%	76.0%	476	0.0%	387	0.0%	23.0%
Hyundai LCV	44	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	247	0.0%	69	0.0%	258.0%
Changan	30	0.0%	116	0.1%	-74.1%	1,497	0.1%	1,278	0.1%	17.1%
Foton	25	0.0%	79	0.1%	-68.4%	325	0.0%	462	0.0%	-29.7%
Ssangyong	20	0.0%	13	0.0%	53.8%	121	0.0%	116	0.0%	4.3%
smart	18	0.0%	110	0.1%	-83.6%	663	0.0%	852	0.1%	-22.2%
Brilliance	15	0.0%	37	0.0%	-59.5%	153	0.0%	193	0.0%	-20.7%
HTM	15	0.0%	4	0.0%	275.0%	121	0.0%	97	0.0%	24.7%
Chrysler	5	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	69	0.0%	8	0.0%	762.5%
Ravon	0	0.0%	1,831	1.2%	-100.0%	5,184	0.3%	12,978	0.9%	-60.1%
BAW	-	-%	0	0.0%	-%	-	-%	91	0.0%	-%
Total	167,494	100.0%	152,168	100.0%	10.1%	1,625,351	100.0%	1,429,724	100.0%	13.7%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, October 2018

8 Nov. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 8.2% in October
The 160,425 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in October 2018 represented a increase of 8.2% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on November 7.
The 1,457,857 new cars and LCVs sold in the first ten months of 2018 represented an increase of 14.1% over the same period in 2017.
Among the five largest OEM retailers in Russia in October 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 11.8% to 32,005 units, Kia sales were up 20.7% to 21,002 units, Hyundai was up 0.7% to 15,820 units, Renault was down 6.8% to 12,154 units, and Volkswagen was up 23.9% to 9,928 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in October were the Lada Vesta, Lada Granta and Kia Rio.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “Moving into the final quarter of the year, Russian car sales continue to demonstrate robust momentum. This is a pleasant fact, but not a surprise considering the tailwind the whole retail sector is receiving during the countdown for a change in VAT taxation. While for now the market is doing fine, there is a growing concern among its participants about the continuity of retail demand from January. ”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share		Jan.-Oct.	Share	Jan.-Oct.	Share
Lada	32,005	20.0%	28,638	19.3%	11.8%	291,134	20.0%	249,845	19.6%	16.5%
Kia	21,002	13.1%	17,407	11.7%	20.7%	188,492	12.9%	152,630	11.9%	23.5%
Hyundai	15,820	9.9%	15,712	10.6%	0.7%	147,312	10.1%	127,597	10.0%	15.5%
Renault	12,154	7.6%	13,036	8.8%	-6.8%	115,448	7.9%	108,754	8.5%	6.2%
VW	9,928	6.2%	8,014	5.4%	23.9%	84,698	5.8%	70,108	5.5%	20.8%
Toyota	8,424	5.3%	7,366	5.0%	14.4%	86,240	5.9%	74,750	5.9%	15.4%
Skoda	7,614	4.7%	5,720	3.9%	33.1%	65,087	4.5%	50,566	4.0%	28.7%
Nissan	7,094	4.4%	6,369	4.3%	11.4%	65,040	4.5%	59,829	4.7%	8.7%
GAZ LCV	5,457	3.4%	6,145	4.1%	-11.2%	47,161	3.2%	46,076	3.6%	2.4%
Ford	4,398	2.7%	4,837	3.3%	-9.1%	42,610	2.9%	39,733	3.1%	7.2%
Mitsubishi	4,238	2.6%	3,020	2.0%	40.3%	35,441	2.4%	17,406	1.4%	103.6%
UAZ	4,059	2.5%	4,029	2.7%	0.7%	31,088	2.1%	32,721	2.6%	-5.0%
Mercedes-Benz	3,300	2.1%	3,214	2.2%	2.7%	31,290	2.1%	30,440	2.4%	2.8%
BMW	3,105	1.9%	2,568	1.7%	20.9%	29,262	2.0%	24,449	1.9%	19.7%
Chevrolet	2,812	1.8%	3,053	2.1%	-7.9%	23,973	1.6%	25,833	2.0%	-7.2%
Mazda	2,563	1.6%	2,417	1.6%	6.0%	24,987	1.7%	20,287	1.6%	23.2%
Datsun	2,134	1.3%	1,792	1.2%	19.1%	15,836	1.1%	19,358	1.5%	-18.2%
Lexus	1,742	1.1%	2,060	1.4%	-15.4%	19,730	1.4%	18,986	1.5%	3.9%
Audi	1,478	0.9%	1,452	1.0%	1.8%	12,925	0.9%	14,026	1.1%	-7.8%
Lifan	1,450	0.9%	1,820	1.2%	-20.3%	12,677	0.9%	13,094	1.0%	-3.2%
Land Rover	877	0.5%	772	0.5%	13.6%	7,757	0.5%	7,365	0.6%	5.3%
Volvo	728	0.5%	456	0.3%	59.6%	5,946	0.4%	5,379	0.4%	10.5%
VW NFZ	690	0.4%	555	0.4%	24.3%	6,065	0.4%	5,495	0.4%	10.4%
Subaru	678	0.4%	592	0.4%	14.5%	6,232	0.4%	4,619	0.4%	34.9%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	636	0.4%	629	0.4%	1.1%	5,311	0.4%	5,024	0.4%	5.7%
Suzuki	621	0.4%	430	0.3%	44.4%	4,672	0.3%	3,697	0.3%	26.4%
Porsche	506	0.3%	452	0.3%	11.9%	3,938	0.3%	3,515	0.3%	12.0%
Chery	505	0.3%	508	0.3%	-0.6%	4,684	0.3%	4,692	0.4%	-0.2%
Honda	489	0.3%	402	0.3%	21.6%	4,025	0.3%	1,418	0.1%	183.9%
Peugeot	434	0.3%	422	0.3%	2.8%	4,679	0.3%	3,856	0.3%	21.3%
Infiniti	424	0.3%	380	0.3%	11.6%	3,990	0.3%	4,254	0.3%	-6.2%
Geely	384	0.2%	179	0.1%	114.5%	2,320	0.2%	1,872	0.1%	23.9%
Zotye	366	0.2%	102	0.1%	258.8%	2,413	0.2%	809	0.1%	198.3%
Haval	358	0.2%	165	0.1%	117.0%	2,196	0.2%	1,489	0.1%	47.5%
Citroen	251	0.2%	390	0.3%	-35.6%	3,043	0.2%	3,635	0.3%	-16.3%
Jaguar	225	0.1%	152	0.1%	48.0%	2,021	0.1%	1,846	0.1%	9.5%
MINI	200	0.1%	153	0.1%	30.7%	1,925	0.1%	1,291	0.1%	49.1%
Genesis	194	0.1%	90	0.1%	115.6%	1,447	0.1%	808	0.1%	79.1%
Changan	186	0.1%	115	0.1%	61.7%	1,467	0.1%	1,162	0.1%	26.2%
Jeep	181	0.1%	78	0.1%	132.1%	1,371	0.1%	1,104	0.1%	24.2%
Dongfeng Motor	151	0.1%	102	0.1%	48.0%	1,150	0.1%	564	0.0%	103.9%
Cadillac	125	0.1%	132	0.1%	-5.3%	897	0.1%	1,140	0.1%	-21.3%
FAW	118	0.1%	54	0.0%	118.5%	1,191	0.1%	469	0.0%	153.9%
Isuzu	103	0.1%	63	0.0%	63.5%	600	0.0%	580	0.0%	3.4%
Fiat	58	0.0%	212	0.1%	-72.6%	913	0.1%	1,831	0.1%	-50.1%
Foton	33	0.0%	75	0.1%	-56.0%	300	0.0%	383	0.0%	-21.7%
Iveco	32	0.0%	37	0.0%	-13.5%	432	0.0%	362	0.0%	19.3%
smart	24	0.0%	110	0.1%	-78.2%	645	0.0%	742	0.1%	-13.1%
Ssangyong	20	0.0%	13	0.0%	53.8%	101	0.0%	103	0.0%	-1.9%
HTM	16	0.0%	9	0.0%	77.8%	106	0.0%	93	0.0%	14.0%
Brilliance	14	0.0%	18	0.0%	-22.2%	138	0.0%	156	0.0%	-11.5%
Hyundai LCV	12	0.0%	4	0.0%	200.0%	203	0.0%	69	0.0%	194.2%
Chrysler	9	0.0%	2	0.0%	350.0%	64	0.0%	8	0.0%	700.0%
Ravon	0	0.0%	1,806	1.2%	-100.0%	5,184	0.4%	11,147	0.9%	-53.5%
BAW	-	-%	0	0.0%	-%	-	-%	91	0.0%	-%
Total	160,425	100.0%	148,328	100.0%	8.2%	1,457,857	100.0%	1,277,556	100.0%	14.1%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, September 2018

5 Oct. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 6.2% in September
The 157,371 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in September 2018 represented a increase of 6.2% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on October 4.
The 1,297,432 new cars and LCVs sold in the first nine months of 2018 represented an increase of 14.9% over the same period in 2017.
Among the five largest OEM retailers in Russia in September 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 10.3% to 31,173 units, Kia sales were up 0.6% to 18,911 units, Hyundai was up 1.3% to 16,100 units, Toyota was up 47.9% to 11,237 units, and Renault was down 18.4% to 10,398 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in September were the Lada Granta, Lada Vesta and Kia Rio.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “Total market sales in September continue to show positive momentum, on the backdrop of a strong performance in the same period of the previous year. In view of the current market conditions, and the expected VAT increase from January next year, the AEB revises its sales forecast for the full year as follows:2018 sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia are expected to exceed 1.8 million units, or 13% growth on a year-on-year basis. ”


Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share		Jan.-Sep.	Share	Jan.-Sep.	Share
Lada	31,173	19.8%	28,263	19.1%	10.3%	259,129	20.0%	221,207	19.6%	17.1%
Kia	18,911	12.0%	18,797	12.7%	0.6%	167,490	12.9%	135,223	12.0%	23.9%
Hyundai	16,100	10.2%	15,899	10.7%	1.3%	131,492	10.1%	111,885	9.9%	17.5%
Toyota	11,237	7.1%	7,599	5.1%	47.9%	77,816	6.0%	67,384	6.0%	15.5%
Renault	10,398	6.6%	12,739	8.6%	-18.4%	103,294	8.0%	95,718	8.5%	7.9%
VW	9,364	6.0%	8,057	5.4%	16.2%	74,770	5.8%	62,094	5.5%	20.4%
Nissan	7,840	5.0%	6,650	4.5%	17.9%	57,946	4.5%	53,460	4.7%	8.4%
Skoda	7,777	4.9%	5,790	3.9%	34.3%	57,473	4.4%	44,846	4.0%	28.2%
Ford	4,644	3.0%	4,663	3.1%	-0.4%	38,212	2.9%	34,896	3.1%	9.5%
GAZ LCV	4,548	2.9%	5,100	3.4%	-10.8%	41,704	3.2%	39,931	3.5%	4.4%
Mitsubishi	4,153	2.6%	2,378	1.6%	74.6%	31,203	2.4%	14,386	1.3%	116.9%
UAZ	3,453	2.2%	3,901	2.6%	-11.5%	27,029	2.1%	28,692	2.5%	-5.8%
Mercedes-Benz	3,263	2.1%	3,345	2.3%	-2.5%	27,990	2.2%	27,226	2.4%	2.8%
BMW	3,255	2.1%	2,602	1.8%	25.1%	26,157	2.0%	21,881	1.9%	19.5%
Mazda	2,759	1.8%	2,509	1.7%	10.0%	22,424	1.7%	17,870	1.6%	25.5%
Lexus	2,247	1.4%	2,394	1.6%	-6.1%	17,988	1.4%	16,926	1.5%	6.3%
Chevrolet	2,225	1.4%	2,584	1.7%	-13.9%	21,161	1.6%	22,780	2.0%	-7.1%
Datsun	2,001	1.3%	2,554	1.7%	-21.7%	13,702	1.1%	17,566	1.6%	-22.0%
Audi	1,479	0.9%	1,559	1.1%	-5.1%	11,447	0.9%	12,574	1.1%	-9.0%
Lifan	1,310	0.8%	1,423	1.0%	-7.9%	11,227	0.9%	11,274	1.0%	-0.4%
Volvo	904	0.6%	709	0.5%	27.5%	5,218	0.4%	4,923	0.4%	6.0%
Land Rover	901	0.6%	674	0.5%	33.7%	6,880	0.5%	6,593	0.6%	4.4%
Subaru	706	0.4%	546	0.4%	29.3%	5,554	0.4%	4,027	0.4%	37.9%
VW NFZ	655	0.4%	660	0.4%	-0.8%	5,375	0.4%	4,940	0.4%	8.8%
Suzuki	621	0.4%	419	0.3%	48.2%	4,051	0.3%	3,267	0.3%	24.0%
Infiniti	616	0.4%	462	0.3%	33.3%	3,566	0.3%	3,874	0.3%	-8.0%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	485	0.3%	605	0.4%	-19.8%	4,675	0.4%	4,395	0.4%	6.4%
Porsche	483	0.3%	333	0.2%	45.0%	3,432	0.3%	3,063	0.3%	12.0%
Honda	452	0.3%	217	0.1%	108.3%	3,536	0.3%	1,016	0.1%	248.0%
Chery	434	0.3%	504	0.3%	-13.9%	4,179	0.3%	4,184	0.4%	-0.1%
Geely	362	0.2%	179	0.1%	102.2%	1,936	0.1%	1,693	0.1%	14.4%
Peugeot	313	0.2%	408	0.3%	-23.3%	4,245	0.3%	3,434	0.3%	23.6%
Zotye	263	0.2%	91	0.1%	189.0%	2,047	0.2%	707	0.1%	189.5%
Jaguar	250	0.2%	184	0.1%	35.9%	1,796	0.1%	1,694	0.2%	6.0%
Citroen	238	0.2%	307	0.2%	-22.5%	2,792	0.2%	3,245	0.3%	-14.0%
Genesis	220	0.1%	101	0.1%	117.8%	1,253	0.1%	718	0.1%	74.5%
Haval	213	0.1%	155	0.1%	37.4%	1,838	0.1%	1,324	0.1%	38.8%
MINI	210	0.1%	150	0.1%	40.0%	1,725	0.1%	1,138	0.1%	51.6%
Jeep	209	0.1%	85	0.1%	145.9%	1,190	0.1%	1,026	0.1%	16.0%
Changan	142	0.1%	111	0.1%	27.9%	1,281	0.1%	1,047	0.1%	22.3%
Dongfeng Motor	132	0.1%	87	0.1%	51.7%	999	0.1%	462	0.0%	116.2%
FAW	100	0.1%	63	0.0%	58.7%	1,073	0.1%	415	0.0%	158.6%
Cadillac	96	0.1%	139	0.1%	-30.9%	772	0.1%	1,008	0.1%	-23.4%
Isuzu	66	0.0%	52	0.0%	26.9%	497	0.0%	517	0.0%	-3.9%
Fiat	40	0.0%	259	0.2%	-84.6%	855	0.1%	1,619	0.1%	-47.2%
Iveco	29	0.0%	74	0.0%	-60.8%	400	0.0%	325	0.0%	23.1%
smart	28	0.0%	140	0.1%	-80.0%	621	0.0%	632	0.1%	-1.7%
Foton	26	0.0%	65	0.0%	-60.0%	267	0.0%	308	0.0%	-13.3%
HTM	13	0.0%	1	0.0%	1200.0%	90	0.0%	84	0.0%	7.1%
Brilliance	12	0.0%	12	0.0%	0.0%	124	0.0%	138	0.0%	-10.1%
Chrysler	9	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	55	0.0%	6	0.0%	816.7%
Hyundai LCV	5	0.0%	2	0.0%	150.0%	191	0.0%	65	0.0%	193.8%
Ssangyong	1	0.0%	1	0.0%	0.0%	81	0.0%	90	0.0%	-10.0%
Ravon	0	0.0%	1,602	1.1%	-100.0%	5,184	0.4%	9,341	0.8%	-44.5%
BAW	-	-%	6	0.0%	-%	-	-%	91	0.0%	-%
Total	157,371	100.0%	148,209	100.0%	6.2%	1,297,432	100.0%	1,129,228	100.0%	14.9%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, August 2018

7 Sep. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 11.0% in August
The 147,388 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in August 2018 represented a increase of 11.0% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on September 6.
The 1,140,061 new cars and LCVs sold in the first eight months of 2018 represented an increase of 16.2% over the same period in 2017.
Among the five largest OEM retailers in Russia in August 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 9.4% to 28,683 units, Kia sales were up 25.3% to 18,857 units, Hyundai was up 4.1% to 13,993 units, Renault was up 3.3% to 11,534 units, and Toyota was up 23.3% to 9,748 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in August were the Lada Vesta, Kia Rio and Lada Granta.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “The pace of market recovery has been robust from the start of this year, with year-on-year growth reaching 18% by the end of July. In August the healthy trend continued, supported by a spike in spontaneous customer purchases on the background of the recent weakening of the Ruble exchange rate. The growth story is likely to continue in the coming months, as the planned VAT increase from January 2019 should make sure retail demand remains strong -in any case before the end of the current year. ”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share		Jan.-Aug.	Share	Jan.-Aug.	Share
Lada	28,683	19.5%	26,211	19.7%	9.4%	227,956	20.0%	192,944	19.7%	18.1%
Kia	18,857	12.8%	15,050	11.3%	25.3%	148,579	13.0%	116,426	11.9%	27.6%
Hyundai	13,993	9.5%	13,446	10.1%	4.1%	115,392	10.1%	95,986	9.8%	20.2%
Renault	11,534	7.8%	11,163	8.4%	3.3%	92,896	8.1%	82,979	8.5%	12.0%
Toyota	9,748	6.6%	7,904	6.0%	23.3%	66,579	5.8%	59,785	6.1%	11.4%
VW	8,637	5.9%	7,171	5.4%	20.4%	65,406	5.7%	54,037	5.5%	21.0%
Nissan	7,108	4.8%	5,885	4.4%	20.8%	50,106	4.4%	46,810	4.8%	7.0%
Skoda	6,741	4.6%	5,048	3.8%	33.5%	49,696	4.4%	39,056	4.0%	27.2%
GAZ LCV	4,993	3.4%	4,988	3.8%	0.1%	37,156	3.3%	34,831	3.6%	6.7%
Ford	4,035	2.7%	4,222	3.2%	-4.4%	33,568	2.9%	30,233	3.1%	11.0%
Mitsubishi	3,408	2.3%	1,770	1.3%	92.5%	27,050	2.4%	12,008	1.2%	125.3%
UAZ	3,315	2.2%	3,579	2.7%	-7.4%	23,576	2.1%	24,791	2.5%	-4.9%
Mercedes-Benz	3,112	2.1%	3,090	2.3%	0.7%	24,727	2.2%	23,881	2.4%	3.5%
BMW	3,006	2.0%	2,358	1.8%	27.5%	22,902	2.0%	19,279	2.0%	18.8%
Mazda	2,836	1.9%	2,170	1.6%	30.7%	19,665	1.7%	15,361	1.6%	28.0%
Chevrolet	2,405	1.6%	2,824	2.1%	-14.8%	18,936	1.7%	20,196	2.1%	-6.2%
Lexus	2,268	1.5%	2,017	1.5%	12.4%	15,741	1.4%	14,532	1.5%	8.3%
Datsun	1,702	1.2%	2,167	1.6%	-21.5%	11,701	1.0%	15,012	1.5%	-22.1%
Audi	1,322	0.9%	1,305	1.0%	1.3%	9,968	0.9%	11,015	1.1%	-9.5%
Lifan	1,250	0.8%	1,401	1.1%	-10.8%	9,917	0.9%	9,851	1.0%	0.7%
Land Rover	871	0.6%	643	0.5%	35.5%	5,979	0.5%	5,919	0.6%	1.0%
Volvo	686	0.5%	572	0.4%	19.9%	4,314	0.4%	4,214	0.4%	2.4%
Subaru	648	0.4%	505	0.4%	28.3%	4,848	0.4%	3,481	0.4%	39.3%
VW NFZ	600	0.4%	520	0.4%	15.4%	4,720	0.4%	4,280	0.4%	10.3%
Suzuki	540	0.4%	456	0.3%	18.4%	3,430	0.3%	2,848	0.3%	20.4%
Honda	464	0.3%	216	0.2%	114.8%	3,084	0.3%	799	0.1%	286.0%
Infiniti	454	0.3%	381	0.3%	19.2%	2,950	0.3%	3,412	0.3%	-13.5%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	453	0.3%	622	0.5%	-27.2%	4,190	0.4%	3,790	0.4%	10.6%
Chery	416	0.3%	571	0.4%	-27.1%	3,745	0.3%	3,680	0.4%	1.8%
Porsche	396	0.3%	388	0.3%	2.1%	2,949	0.3%	2,730	0.3%	8.0%
Peugeot	383	0.3%	403	0.3%	-5.0%	3,932	0.3%	3,026	0.3%	29.9%
Geely	306	0.2%	203	0.2%	50.7%	1,574	0.1%	1,514	0.2%	4.0%
Zotye	293	0.2%	89	0.1%	229.2%	1,784	0.2%	616	0.1%	189.6%
Changan	252	0.2%	104	0.1%	142.3%	1,139	0.1%	936	0.1%	21.7%
Jaguar	219	0.1%	157	0.1%	39.5%	1,546	0.1%	1,510	0.2%	2.4%
Haval	211	0.1%	160	0.1%	31.9%	1,625	0.1%	1,169	0.1%	39.0%
Genesis	207	0.1%	54	0.0%	283.3%	1,033	0.1%	617	0.1%	67.4%
MINI	205	0.1%	145	0.1%	41.4%	1,515	0.1%	988	0.1%	53.3%
Jeep	161	0.1%	92	0.1%	75.0%	981	0.1%	941	0.1%	4.3%
Citroen	131	0.1%	519	0.4%	-74.8%	2,554	0.2%	2,938	0.3%	-13.1%
FAW	122	0.1%	74	0.1%	64.9%	973	0.1%	352	0.0%	176.4%
Dongfeng Motor	118	0.1%	65	0.0%	81.5%	867	0.1%	375	0.0%	131.2%
Cadillac	84	0.1%	78	0.1%	7.7%	676	0.1%	869	0.1%	-22.2%
Isuzu	45	0.0%	68	0.1%	-33.8%	431	0.0%	465	0.0%	-7.3%
Iveco	40	0.0%	48	0.0%	-16.7%	371	0.0%	251	0.0%	47.8%
smart	29	0.0%	57	0.0%	-49.1%	593	0.1%	492	0.1%	20.5%
Fiat	26	0.0%	178	0.1%	-85.4%	815	0.1%	1,360	0.1%	-40.1%
Foton	26	0.0%	69	0.1%	-62.3%	241	0.0%	243	0.0%	-0.8%
Brilliance	15	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	112	0.0%	107	0.0%	4.7%
HTM	15	0.0%	6	0.0%	150.0%	77	0.0%	83	0.0%	-7.2%
Hyundai LCV	12	0.0%	1	0.0%	1100.0%	186	0.0%	63	0.0%	195.2%
Chrysler	7	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	46	0.0%	6	0.0%	666.7%
Ravon	0	0.0%	1,518	1.1%	-100.0%	5,184	0.5%	7,739	0.8%	-33.0%
Ssangyong	0	0.0%	13	0.0%	-100.0%	80	0.0%	89	0.0%	-10.1%
BAW	-	-%	0	0.0%	-%	-	-%	85	0.0%	-%
Total	147,388	100.0%	132,744	100.0%	11.0%	1,140,061	100.0%	981,000	100.0%	16.2%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, July 2018

7 Aug. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 10.6% in July
The 143,452 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in July 2018 represented a increase of 10.6% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on August 6.
The 992,673 new cars and LCVs sold in the first seven months of 2018 represented an increase of 17.0% over the same period in 2017.
Among the four largest OEM retailers in Russia in July 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 10.9% to 29,389 units, Kia sales were up 14.3% to 18,508 units, Hyundai was up 20.2% to 14,364 units and Renault was down 4.2% to 10,518 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in July were the Lada Vesta, Kia Rio and Lada Granta.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “No fundamental change in July - market sales continue to recover at a comfortable double-digit pace, for the 15th consecutive month now. Main driver of growth remains the continuous positive trend in consumer confidence, encouraging customers to finally exchange their older car for a new one. ”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share		Jan.-Jul.	Share	Jan.-Jul.	Share
Lada	29,389	20.5%	26,502	20.4%	10.9%	199,273	20.1%	166,733	19.7%	19.5%
Kia	18,508	12.9%	16,187	12.5%	14.3%	129,722	13.1%	101,376	12.0%	28.0%
Hyundai	14,364	10.0%	11,952	9.2%	20.2%	101,399	10.2%	82,540	9.7%	22.8%
Renault	10,518	7.3%	10,982	8.5%	-4.2%	81,362	8.2%	71,816	8.5%	13.3%
Toyota	9,737	6.8%	7,986	6.2%	21.9%	56,831	5.7%	51,881	6.1%	9.5%
VW	8,611	6.0%	7,239	5.6%	19.0%	56,769	5.7%	46,866	5.5%	21.1%
Skoda	6,616	4.6%	5,307	4.1%	24.7%	42,955	4.3%	34,008	4.0%	26.3%
Nissan	5,961	4.2%	5,717	4.4%	4.3%	42,998	4.3%	40,925	4.8%	5.1%
GAZ LCV	5,068	3.5%	4,790	3.7%	5.8%	32,163	3.2%	29,843	3.5%	7.8%
Ford	3,868	2.7%	4,104	3.2%	-5.8%	29,533	3.0%	26,011	3.1%	13.5%
Mitsubishi	3,539	2.5%	1,527	1.2%	131.8%	23,642	2.4%	10,238	1.2%	130.9%
Mercedes-Benz	3,111	2.2%	3,065	2.4%	1.5%	21,615	2.2%	20,791	2.5%	4.0%
BMW	2,907	2.0%	2,350	1.8%	23.7%	19,896	2.0%	16,921	2.0%	17.6%
UAZ	2,726	1.9%	2,802	2.2%	-2.7%	20,261	2.0%	21,212	2.5%	-4.5%
Mazda	2,567	1.8%	2,140	1.7%	20.0%	16,829	1.7%	13,191	1.6%	27.6%
Chevrolet	2,004	1.4%	2,483	1.9%	-19.3%	16,531	1.7%	17,372	2.0%	-4.8%
Lexus	1,966	1.4%	1,938	1.5%	1.4%	13,473	1.4%	12,515	1.5%	7.7%
Datsun	1,427	1.0%	1,950	1.5%	-26.8%	9,999	1.0%	12,845	1.5%	-22.2%
Lifan	1,315	0.9%	1,298	1.0%	1.3%	8,667	0.9%	8,450	1.0%	2.6%
Audi	1,272	0.9%	1,302	1.0%	-2.3%	8,646	0.9%	9,710	1.1%	-11.0%
Land Rover	671	0.5%	719	0.6%	-6.7%	5,108	0.5%	5,276	0.6%	-3.2%
Peugeot	594	0.4%	408	0.3%	45.6%	3,549	0.4%	2,623	0.3%	35.3%
VW NFZ	570	0.4%	565	0.4%	0.9%	4,120	0.4%	3,760	0.4%	9.6%
Subaru	563	0.4%	443	0.3%	27.1%	4,200	0.4%	2,976	0.4%	41.1%
Suzuki	521	0.4%	353	0.3%	47.6%	2,890	0.3%	2,392	0.3%	20.8%
Volvo	496	0.3%	484	0.4%	2.5%	3,628	0.4%	3,642	0.4%	-0.4%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	474	0.3%	419	0.3%	13.1%	3,737	0.4%	3,168	0.4%	18.0%
Honda	433	0.3%	104	0.1%	316.3%	2,620	0.3%	583	0.1%	349.4%
Porsche	409	0.3%	386	0.3%	6.0%	2,553	0.3%	2,342	0.3%	9.0%
Chery	404	0.3%	484	0.4%	-16.5%	3,329	0.3%	3,109	0.4%	7.1%
Infiniti	351	0.2%	399	0.3%	-12.0%	2,496	0.3%	3,031	0.4%	-17.7%
Zotye	281	0.2%	58	0.0%	384.5%	1,491	0.2%	527	0.1%	182.9%
Citroen	278	0.2%	413	0.3%	-32.7%	2,423	0.2%	2,419	0.3%	0.2%
Haval	259	0.2%	140	0.1%	85.0%	1,414	0.1%	1,009	0.1%	40.1%
Geely	217	0.2%	226	0.2%	-4.0%	1,268	0.1%	1,311	0.2%	-3.3%
MINI	208	0.1%	149	0.1%	39.6%	1,310	0.1%	843	0.1%	55.4%
Jaguar	204	0.1%	148	0.1%	37.8%	1,327	0.1%	1,353	0.2%	-1.9%
Changan	184	0.1%	95	0.1%	93.7%	887	0.1%	832	0.1%	6.6%
Genesis	148	0.1%	48	0.0%	208.3%	826	0.1%	563	0.1%	46.7%
Jeep	135	0.1%	102	0.1%	32.4%	820	0.1%	849	0.1%	-3.4%
FAW	125	0.1%	48	0.0%	160.4%	851	0.1%	278	0.0%	206.1%
Dongfeng Motor	119	0.1%	45	0.0%	164.4%	749	0.1%	310	0.0%	141.6%
Iveco	85	0.1%	27	0.0%	214.8%	331	0.0%	203	0.0%	63.1%
Cadillac	62	0.0%	65	0.1%	-4.6%	592	0.1%	791	0.1%	-25.2%
Fiat	48	0.0%	159	0.1%	-69.8%	789	0.1%	1,182	0.1%	-33.2%
Isuzu	42	0.0%	80	0.1%	-47.5%	386	0.0%	397	0.0%	-2.8%
smart	38	0.0%	97	0.1%	-60.8%	564	0.1%	435	0.1%	29.7%
HTM	21	0.0%	6	0.0%	250.0%	62	0.0%	77	0.0%	-19.5%
Hyundai LCV	18	0.0%	9	0.0%	100.0%	174	0.0%	62	0.0%	180.6%
Brilliance	14	0.0%	12	0.0%	16.7%	97	0.0%	107	0.0%	-9.3%
Ssangyong	4	0.0%	6	0.0%	-33.3%	80	0.0%	76	0.0%	5.3%
Chrysler	2	0.0%	1	0.0%	100.0%	39	0.0%	6	0.0%	550.0%
Ravon	0	0.0%	1,275	1.0%	-100.0%	5,184	0.5%	6,221	0.7%	-16.7%
BAW	-	-%	12	0.0%	-%	-	-%	85	0.0%	-%
Foton	N/A	-%	50	0.0%	-%	215	0.0%	174	0.0%	23.6%
Total	143,452	100.0%	129,656	100.0%	10.6%	992,673	100.0%	848,256	100.0%	17.0%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, June 2018

6 Jul. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 10.8% in June
The 156,351 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in June 2018 represented a increase of 10.8% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on July 5.
The 849,221 new cars and LCVs sold in the first half of 2018 represented an increase of 18.2% over the same period in 2017.
Among the four largest OEM retailers in Russia in June 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 14.6% to 31,404 units, Kia sales were up 18.5% to 19,861 units, Hyundai was up 11.9% to 16,422 units and Renault was up 10.9% to 13,567 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in June were the Lada Vesta, Lada Granta and Kia Rio.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “Pace of market recovery in June softened somewhat relative to what we have seen so far this year. Still, nearly 11% year-on-year improvement is a very respectable result, especially in the light of the ongoing world cup event in Russia. In addition, thanks to strong sales in the preceding months, vehicle inventories are rather lean across the industry, dampening sales growth if only temporarily. All in all, the first half of 2018 has been successful for the Russian car market, and there is good reason to believe that the positive momentum will continue in the coming months. ”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share		Jan.-Jun.	Share	Jan.-Jun.	Share
Lada	31,404	20.1%	27,396	19.4%	14.6%	169,884	20.0%	140,231	19.5%	21.1%
Kia	19,861	12.7%	16,755	11.9%	18.5%	111,214	13.1%	85,189	11.9%	30.5%
Hyundai	16,422	10.5%	14,673	10.4%	11.9%	87,035	10.2%	70,588	9.8%	23.3%
Renault	13,567	8.7%	12,239	8.7%	10.9%	70,844	8.3%	60,834	8.5%	16.5%
Toyota	9,117	5.8%	9,059	6.4%	0.6%	47,094	5.5%	43,895	6.1%	7.3%
VW	8,934	5.7%	7,357	5.2%	21.4%	48,158	5.7%	39,627	5.5%	21.5%
Nissan	7,392	4.7%	6,900	4.9%	7.1%	37,037	4.4%	35,208	4.9%	5.2%
Skoda	7,144	4.6%	5,656	4.0%	26.3%	36,339	4.3%	28,701	4.0%	26.6%
GAZ LCV	5,355	3.4%	5,175	3.7%	3.5%	27,095	3.2%	25,053	3.5%	8.2%
Ford	4,305	2.8%	4,557	3.2%	-5.5%	25,665	3.0%	21,907	3.0%	17.2%
Mercedes-Benz	3,315	2.1%	3,232	2.3%	2.6%	18,504	2.2%	17,726	2.5%	4.4%
Mitsubishi	3,279	2.1%	1,712	1.2%	91.5%	20,103	2.4%	8,711	1.2%	130.8%
BMW	3,135	2.0%	2,665	1.9%	17.6%	16,989	2.0%	14,571	2.0%	16.6%
UAZ	3,122	2.0%	2,849	2.0%	9.6%	17,535	2.1%	18,410	2.6%	-4.8%
Mazda	2,624	1.7%	2,274	1.6%	15.4%	14,262	1.7%	11,051	1.5%	29.1%
Chevrolet	2,316	1.5%	2,574	1.8%	-10.0%	14,527	1.7%	14,889	2.1%	-2.4%
Lexus	2,024	1.3%	1,921	1.4%	5.4%	11,507	1.4%	10,577	1.5%	8.8%
Lifan	1,403	0.9%	1,321	0.9%	6.2%	7,352	0.9%	7,152	1.0%	2.8%
Audi	1,243	0.8%	1,610	1.1%	-22.8%	7,374	0.9%	8,408	1.2%	-12.3%
Datsun	1,173	0.8%	1,898	1.3%	-38.2%	8,572	1.0%	10,895	1.5%	-21.3%
Volvo	888	0.6%	799	0.6%	11.1%	3,132	0.4%	3,158	0.4%	-0.8%
Land Rover	819	0.5%	812	0.6%	0.9%	4,437	0.5%	4,557	0.6%	-2.6%
VW NFZ	710	0.5%	660	0.5%	7.6%	3,550	0.4%	3,195	0.4%	11.1%
Subaru	657	0.4%	540	0.4%	21.7%	3,637	0.4%	2,533	0.4%	43.6%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	587	0.4%	498	0.4%	17.9%	3,263	0.4%	2,749	0.4%	18.7%
Peugeot	520	0.3%	430	0.3%	20.9%	2,955	0.3%	2,215	0.3%	33.4%
Chery	503	0.3%	605	0.4%	-16.9%	2,925	0.3%	2,625	0.4%	11.4%
Suzuki	488	0.3%	332	0.2%	47.0%	2,369	0.3%	2,039	0.3%	16.2%
Porsche	482	0.3%	380	0.3%	26.8%	2,144	0.3%	1,956	0.3%	9.6%
Citroen	419	0.3%	445	0.3%	-5.8%	2,145	0.3%	2,006	0.3%	6.9%
Honda	411	0.3%	31	0.0%	1225.8%	2,187	0.3%	479	0.1%	356.6%
Infiniti	323	0.2%	479	0.3%	-32.6%	2,145	0.3%	2,632	0.4%	-18.5%
Zotye	267	0.2%	108	0.1%	147.2%	1,210	0.1%	469	0.1%	158.0%
Geely	239	0.2%	181	0.1%	32.0%	1,051	0.1%	1,085	0.2%	-3.1%
MINI	230	0.1%	151	0.1%	52.3%	1,102	0.1%	694	0.1%	58.8%
Jaguar	196	0.1%	175	0.1%	12.0%	1,123	0.1%	1,205	0.2%	-6.8%
Genesis	183	0.1%	228	0.2%	-19.7%	678	0.1%	515	0.1%	31.7%
smart	176	0.1%	100	0.1%	76.0%	526	0.1%	338	0.0%	55.6%
Haval	166	0.1%	182	0.1%	-8.8%	1,155	0.1%	869	0.1%	32.9%
FAW	151	0.1%	50	0.0%	202.0%	726	0.1%	230	0.0%	215.7%
Changan	141	0.1%	88	0.1%	60.2%	703	0.1%	737	0.1%	-4.6%
Jeep	117	0.1%	125	0.1%	-6.4%	685	0.1%	747	0.1%	-8.3%
Dongfeng Motor	107	0.1%	50	0.0%	114.0%	630	0.1%	265	0.0%	137.7%
Cadillac	102	0.1%	165	0.1%	-38.2%	530	0.1%	726	0.1%	-27.0%
Fiat	94	0.1%	196	0.1%	-52.0%	741	0.1%	1,023	0.1%	-27.6%
Isuzu	67	0.0%	72	0.1%	-6.9%	344	0.0%	317	0.0%	8.5%
Iveco	67	0.0%	52	0.0%	28.8%	246	0.0%	176	0.0%	39.8%
Foton	48	0.0%	36	0.0%	33.3%	215	0.0%	124	0.0%	73.4%
Hyundai LCV	19	0.0%	4	0.0%	375.0%	156	0.0%	53	0.0%	194.3%
Brilliance	16	0.0%	16	0.0%	0.0%	83	0.0%	95	0.0%	-12.6%
HTM	13	0.0%	6	0.0%	116.7%	41	0.0%	71	0.0%	-42.3%
Chrysler	7	0.0%	2	0.0%	250.0%	37	0.0%	5	0.0%	640.0%
Ssangyong	3	0.0%	16	0.0%	-81.3%	76	0.0%	70	0.0%	8.6%
Ravon	0	0.0%	1,239	0.9%	-100.0%	5,184	0.6%	4,946	0.7%	4.8%
BAW	-	-%	14	0.0%	-%	-	-%	73	0.0%	-%
Total	156,351	100.0%	141,090	100.0%	10.8%	849,221	100.0%	718,600	100.0%	18.2%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, May 2018

7 Jun. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 18.0% in May
The 147,525 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in May 2018 represented a increase of 18.0% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on June 6.
The 692,870 new cars and LCVs sold in the first five months of 2018 represented an increase of 20.0% over the same period in 2017.
Among the four largest OEM retailers in Russia in May 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 14.4% to 28,654 units, Kia sales were up 29.4% to 19,561 units, Hyundai was up 32.7% to 15,859 units and Renault was up 11.1% to 12,128 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in May were the Kia Rio, Lada Granta and Lada Vesta.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “Russian car market sales continue to recover at a robust pace in May, improving 18% vs. the same month last year. Cumulative volume gain in the first five months of the current year stands at 20% - a significant step ahead from the growth rate of 5% seen in 2017. This encouraging trend reflects the positive dynamics in the retail sector of the economy in general, accompanied by a steady improvement in consumer confidence. Vehicles sales in particular have been profiting in recent weeks from a weaker currency, prompting some customers to buy earlier rather than later. It remains to be seen whether, and to which extent, this factor will have an adverse effect on the future pace of retail sales. ”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	May	Share	May	Share		Jan.-May	Share	Jan.-May	Share
Lada	28,654	19.4%	25,051	20.0%	14.4%	138,480	20.0%	112,835	19.5%	22.7%
Kia	19,561	13.3%	15,121	12.1%	29.4%	91,353	13.2%	68,434	11.8%	33.5%
Hyundai	15,859	10.8%	11,955	9.6%	32.7%	70,613	10.2%	55,915	9.7%	26.3%
Renault	12,128	8.2%	10,917	8.7%	11.1%	57,277	8.3%	48,595	8.4%	17.9%
VW	9,025	6.1%	7,118	5.7%	26.8%	39,224	5.7%	32,270	5.6%	21.5%
Toyota	8,616	5.8%	7,898	6.3%	9.1%	37,977	5.5%	34,836	6.0%	9.0%
Skoda	5,973	4.0%	4,985	4.0%	19.8%	29,195	4.2%	23,045	4.0%	26.7%
Nissan	5,941	4.0%	5,766	4.6%	3.0%	29,645	4.3%	28,308	4.9%	4.7%
GAZ LCV	4,675	3.2%	4,370	3.5%	7.0%	21,740	3.1%	19,878	3.4%	9.4%
Ford	3,701	2.5%	3,921	3.1%	-5.6%	21,360	3.1%	17,350	3.0%	23.1%
UAZ	3,630	2.5%	2,586	2.1%	40.4%	14,413	2.1%	15,561	2.7%	-7.4%
Mitsubishi	3,561	2.4%	1,476	1.2%	141.3%	16,824	2.4%	6,999	1.2%	140.4%
Mercedes-Benz	3,234	2.2%	3,065	2.5%	5.5%	15,189	2.2%	14,494	2.5%	4.8%
BMW	2,917	2.0%	2,350	1.9%	24.1%	13,854	2.0%	11,906	2.1%	16.4%
Mazda	2,536	1.7%	1,778	1.4%	42.6%	11,638	1.7%	8,777	1.5%	32.6%
Chevrolet	2,373	1.6%	2,486	2.0%	-4.5%	12,211	1.8%	12,315	2.1%	-0.8%
Lexus	2,080	1.4%	1,766	1.4%	17.8%	9,483	1.4%	8,656	1.5%	9.6%
Lifan	1,327	0.9%	1,273	1.0%	4.2%	5,949	0.9%	5,831	1.0%	2.0%
Audi	1,318	0.9%	1,553	1.2%	-15.1%	6,131	0.9%	6,798	1.2%	-9.8%
Datsun	1,034	0.7%	1,461	1.2%	-29.2%	7,399	1.1%	8,997	1.6%	-17.8%
Land Rover	728	0.5%	848	0.7%	-14.2%	3,618	0.5%	3,745	0.6%	-3.4%
VW NFZ	720	0.5%	585	0.5%	23.1%	2,840	0.4%	2,535	0.4%	12.0%
Volvo	711	0.5%	697	0.6%	2.0%	2,244	0.3%	2,359	0.4%	-4.9%
Subaru	698	0.5%	429	0.3%	62.7%	2,980	0.4%	1,993	0.3%	49.5%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	586	0.4%	367	0.3%	59.7%	2,676	0.4%	2,251	0.4%	18.9%
Chery	525	0.4%	520	0.4%	1.0%	2,422	0.3%	2,020	0.3%	19.9%
Suzuki	509	0.3%	418	0.3%	21.8%	1,881	0.3%	1,707	0.3%	10.2%
Ravon	508	0.3%	1,219	1.0%	-58.3%	5,184	0.7%	3,707	0.6%	39.8%
Peugeot	502	0.3%	327	0.3%	53.5%	2,435	0.4%	1,785	0.3%	36.4%
Porsche	477	0.3%	365	0.3%	30.7%	1,662	0.2%	1,576	0.3%	5.5%
Honda	339	0.2%	41	0.0%	726.8%	1,776	0.3%	448	0.1%	296.4%
Citroen	334	0.2%	283	0.2%	18.0%	1,726	0.2%	1,561	0.3%	10.6%
Infiniti	324	0.2%	296	0.2%	9.5%	1,822	0.3%	2,153	0.4%	-15.4%
Haval	286	0.2%	173	0.1%	65.3%	989	0.1%	687	0.1%	44.0%
Geely	215	0.1%	206	0.2%	4.4%	812	0.1%	904	0.2%	-10.2%
Zotye	206	0.1%	119	0.1%	73.1%	943	0.1%	361	0.1%	161.2%
MINI	202	0.1%	115	0.1%	75.7%	872	0.1%	543	0.1%	60.6%
Jaguar	188	0.1%	198	0.2%	-5.1%	927	0.1%	1,030	0.2%	-10.0%
FAW	159	0.1%	42	0.0%	278.6%	575	0.1%	180	0.0%	219.4%
Genesis	149	0.1%	45	0.0%	231.1%	495	0.1%	287	0.0%	72.5%
Fiat	146	0.1%	161	0.1%	-9.3%	647	0.1%	827	0.1%	-21.8%
Jeep	146	0.1%	102	0.1%	43.1%	568	0.1%	622	0.1%	-8.7%
Changan	141	0.1%	133	0.1%	6.0%	562	0.1%	649	0.1%	-13.4%
smart	136	0.1%	92	0.1%	47.8%	350	0.1%	238	0.0%	47.1%
Cadillac	123	0.1%	116	0.1%	6.0%	428	0.1%	561	0.1%	-23.7%
Dongfeng Motor	93	0.1%	31	0.0%	200.0%	523	0.1%	215	0.0%	143.3%
Isuzu	66	0.0%	58	0.0%	13.8%	277	0.0%	245	0.0%	13.1%
Iveco	51	0.0%	20	0.0%	155.0%	179	0.0%	124	0.0%	44.4%
Foton	46	0.0%	35	0.0%	31.4%	167	0.0%	88	0.0%	89.8%
Hyundai LCV	30	0.0%	4	0.0%	650.0%	137	0.0%	49	0.0%	179.6%
HTM	16	0.0%	11	0.0%	45.5%	28	0.0%	65	0.0%	-56.9%
Brilliance	12	0.0%	21	0.0%	-42.9%	67	0.0%	79	0.0%	-15.2%
Chrysler	6	0.0%	2	0.0%	200.0%	30	0.0%	3	0.0%	900.0%
Ssangyong	4	0.0%	11	0.0%	-63.6%	73	0.0%	54	0.0%	35.2%
BAW	-	-%	15	0.0%	-%	-	-%	59	0.0%	-%
Total	147,525	100.0%	125,001	100.0%	18.0%	692,870	100.0%	577,510	100.0%	20.0%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, April 2018

9 May 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 17.6% in April
The 152,425 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in April 2018 represented a increase of 17.6% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on May 8.
The 545,345 new cars and LCVs sold in the first four months of 2018 represented an increase of 20.5% over the same period in 2017.
Among the four largest OEM retailers in Russia in April 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 16.6% to 30,712 units, Kia sales were up 22.4% to 19,591 units, Hyundai was up 16.2% to 15,863 units and Renault was up 3.3% to 11,954 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in April were the Kia Rio, Lada Vesta and Lada Granta.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “A strong month for the Russian car market, repeating last year’s double digit gain in sales volume. Consumer appetite remains robust, supported by a growing choice of new products offered at attractive prices. The noticeable weakening of the Ruble exchange rate in recent weeks has been an extraordinary factor motivating customers to accelerate the purchase of a new car in anticipation of potential price increases. New vehicle orders have spiked as a result, and will continue to materialize as extra good news in the sales statistics in the short term.”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share		Jan.-Apr.	Share	Jan.-Apr.	Share
Lada	30,712	20.1%	26,337	20.3%	16.6%	109,826	20.1%	87,784	19.4%	25.1%
Kia	19,591	12.9%	16,003	12.3%	22.4%	71,792	13.2%	53,313	11.8%	34.7%
Hyundai	15,863	10.4%	13,656	10.5%	16.2%	54,754	10.0%	43,960	9.7%	24.6%
Renault	11,954	7.8%	11,571	8.9%	3.3%	45,149	8.3%	37,678	8.3%	19.8%
VW	8,905	5.8%	7,257	5.6%	22.7%	30,199	5.5%	25,152	5.6%	20.1%
Toyota	8,774	5.8%	7,052	5.4%	24.4%	29,361	5.4%	26,938	6.0%	9.0%
Skoda	6,331	4.2%	5,374	4.1%	17.8%	23,222	4.3%	18,060	4.0%	28.6%
Nissan	5,620	3.7%	4,944	3.8%	13.7%	23,704	4.3%	22,542	5.0%	5.2%
GAZ LCV	5,367	3.5%	4,785	3.7%	12.2%	17,065	3.1%	15,508	3.4%	10.0%
Ford	4,891	3.2%	4,049	3.1%	20.8%	17,659	3.2%	13,429	3.0%	31.5%
Mercedes-Benz	3,404	2.2%	3,225	2.5%	5.6%	11,955	2.2%	11,429	2.5%	4.6%
UAZ	3,342	2.2%	3,151	2.4%	6.1%	10,783	2.0%	12,975	2.9%	-16.9%
Mazda	3,149	2.1%	1,765	1.4%	78.4%	9,102	1.7%	6,999	1.5%	30.0%
Chevrolet	3,087	2.0%	2,989	2.3%	3.3%	9,838	1.8%	9,829	2.2%	0.1%
Mitsubishi	3,031	2.0%	1,270	1.0%	138.7%	13,263	2.4%	5,523	1.2%	140.1%
BMW	3,007	2.0%	2,614	2.0%	15.0%	10,937	2.0%	9,556	2.1%	14.5%
Lexus	2,438	1.6%	1,905	1.5%	28.0%	7,403	1.4%	6,890	1.5%	7.4%
Audi	1,515	1.0%	1,630	1.3%	-7.1%	4,813	0.9%	5,245	1.2%	-8.2%
Lifan	1,290	0.8%	1,251	1.0%	3.1%	4,622	0.8%	4,558	1.0%	1.4%
Datsun	834	0.5%	969	0.7%	-13.9%	6,365	1.2%	7,536	1.7%	-15.5%
Land Rover	721	0.5%	777	0.6%	-7.2%	2,890	0.5%	2,897	0.6%	-0.2%
VW NFZ	720	0.5%	640	0.5%	12.5%	2,120	0.4%	1,950	0.4%	8.7%
Subaru	643	0.4%	508	0.4%	26.6%	2,282	0.4%	1,564	0.3%	45.9%
Chery	597	0.4%	456	0.4%	30.9%	1,897	0.3%	1,500	0.3%	26.5%
Volvo	596	0.4%	510	0.4%	16.9%	1,533	0.3%	1,662	0.4%	-7.8%
Ravon	576	0.4%	859	0.7%	-32.9%	4,676	0.9%	2,488	0.5%	87.9%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	545	0.4%	506	0.4%	7.7%	2,090	0.4%	1,884	0.4%	10.9%
Peugeot	535	0.4%	346	0.3%	54.6%	1,933	0.4%	1,458	0.3%	32.6%
Suzuki	524	0.3%	314	0.2%	66.9%	1,372	0.3%	1,289	0.3%	6.4%
Honda	490	0.3%	47	0.0%	942.6%	1,437	0.3%	407	0.1%	253.1%
Porsche	471	0.3%	450	0.3%	4.7%	1,185	0.2%	1,211	0.3%	-2.1%
Citroen	347	0.2%	282	0.2%	23.0%	1,392	0.3%	1,278	0.3%	8.9%
Infiniti	324	0.2%	380	0.3%	-14.7%	1,498	0.3%	1,857	0.4%	-19.3%
Geely	218	0.1%	188	0.1%	16.0%	597	0.1%	698	0.2%	-14.5%
Haval	211	0.1%	145	0.1%	45.5%	703	0.1%	514	0.1%	36.8%
Zotye	208	0.1%	91	0.1%	128.6%	737	0.1%	242	0.1%	204.5%
MINI	190	0.1%	130	0.1%	46.2%	670	0.1%	428	0.1%	56.5%
Jaguar	187	0.1%	205	0.2%	-8.8%	739	0.1%	832	0.2%	-11.2%
Fiat	176	0.1%	174	0.1%	1.1%	501	0.1%	666	0.1%	-24.8%
FAW	151	0.1%	69	0.1%	118.8%	416	0.1%	138	0.0%	201.4%
Changan	143	0.1%	197	0.2%	-27.4%	421	0.1%	516	0.1%	-18.4%
Jeep	138	0.1%	144	0.1%	-4.2%	422	0.1%	520	0.1%	-18.8%
Genesis	137	0.1%	44	0.0%	211.4%	346	0.1%	242	0.1%	43.0%
Cadillac	123	0.1%	110	0.1%	11.8%	305	0.1%	445	0.1%	-31.5%
Dongfeng Motor	98	0.1%	39	0.0%	151.3%	430	0.1%	184	0.0%	133.7%
Isuzu	84	0.1%	51	0.0%	64.7%	211	0.0%	187	0.0%	12.8%
smart	80	0.1%	46	0.0%	73.9%	214	0.0%	146	0.0%	46.6%
Foton	40	0.0%	30	0.0%	33.3%	121	0.0%	53	0.0%	128.3%
Iveco	21	0.0%	18	0.0%	16.7%	128	0.0%	104	0.0%	23.1%
Brilliance	15	0.0%	16	0.0%	-6.3%	55	0.0%	58	0.0%	-5.2%
Hyundai LCV	5	0.0%	16	0.0%	-68.8%	107	0.0%	45	0.0%	137.8%
HTM	4	0.0%	11	0.0%	-63.6%	12	0.0%	54	0.0%	-77.8%
Ssangyong	2	0.0%	17	0.0%	-88.2%	69	0.0%	43	0.0%	60.5%
Chrysler	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	24	0.0%	1	0.0%	2300.0%
BAW	-	-%	16	0.0%	-%	-	-%	44	0.0%	-%
Total	152,425	100.0%	129,629	100.0%	17.6%	545,345	100.0%	452,509	100.0%	20.5%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)

Flash report, March 2018

6 Apr. 2018

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Russian car sales increase 13.9% in March
The 157,279 new cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold in Russia in March 2018 represented a increase of 13.9% compared to the same month in 2017 according to the Association of European Business (AEB) Automobile Manufacturers Committee on April 5.
The 392,920 new cars and LCVs sold in the first three months of 2018 represented an increase of 21.7% over the same period in 2017.
Among the four largest OEM retailers in Russia in March 2018, AvtoVAZ sales were up 22.3% to 30,708 units, Kia sales were up 30.7% to 19,096 units, Hyundai was up 17.5% to 16,705 units and Renault was up 24.6% to 14,047 units.
The 3 bestselling models sold in March were the Kia Rio, Lada Vesta and Lada Granta.
Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee said, “Market momentum in March continued at a robust pace, concluding a 12-month long period of uninterrupted year-on-year recovery. From now on, it will be harder, at the same time significantly more valuable for the market to achieve substantial growth rates on a continuous basis. Market participants consent in that the prospect of further growth is the most likely scenario for 2018. AEB members forecast total market sales to improve by about 10% compared to 2018, to a level of 1.75 million units.”

Russia -New car and Light Commercial Vehicles sales

Maker/Brand	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share		Jan.-Mar.	Share	Jan.-Mar.	Share
Lada	30,708	19.5%	25,110	18.2%	22.3%	79,114	20.1%	61,447	19.0%	28.8%
Kia	19,096	12.1%	14,614	10.6%	30.7%	52,201	13.3%	37,310	11.6%	39.9%
Hyundai	16,705	10.6%	14,219	10.3%	17.5%	38,891	9.9%	30,304	9.4%	28.3%
Renault	14,047	8.9%	11,273	8.2%	24.6%	33,195	8.4%	26,107	8.1%	27.1%
Toyota	8,914	5.7%	9,709	7.0%	-8.2%	20,587	5.2%	19,886	6.2%	3.5%
VW	8,631	5.5%	6,953	5.0%	24.1%	21,294	5.4%	17,895	5.5%	19.0%
Skoda	6,483	4.1%	4,853	3.5%	33.6%	16,891	4.3%	12,686	3.9%	33.1%
Nissan	6,402	4.1%	8,068	5.8%	-20.6%	18,084	4.6%	17,598	5.5%	2.8%
Mitsubishi	5,227	3.3%	1,707	1.2%	206.2%	10,232	2.6%	4,253	1.3%	140.6%
Ford	5,202	3.3%	4,173	3.0%	24.7%	12,768	3.2%	9,380	2.9%	36.1%
GAZ LCV	5,043	3.2%	5,009	3.6%	0.7%	11,698	3.0%	10,723	3.3%	9.1%
Mercedes-Benz	3,250	2.1%	3,137	2.3%	3.6%	8,551	2.2%	8,204	2.5%	4.2%
BMW	3,210	2.0%	2,800	2.0%	14.6%	7,930	2.0%	6,942	2.2%	14.2%
UAZ	2,832	1.8%	4,582	3.3%	-38.2%	7,441	1.9%	9,824	3.0%	-24.3%
Chevrolet	2,607	1.7%	2,796	2.0%	-6.8%	6,751	1.7%	6,840	2.1%	-1.3%
Lexus	2,462	1.6%	2,191	1.6%	12.4%	4,965	1.3%	4,985	1.5%	-0.4%
Datsun	2,215	1.4%	3,477	2.5%	-36.3%	5,531	1.4%	6,567	2.0%	-15.8%
Mazda	2,002	1.3%	1,990	1.4%	0.6%	5,953	1.5%	5,234	1.6%	13.7%
Audi	1,370	0.9%	1,330	1.0%	3.0%	3,298	0.8%	3,615	1.1%	-8.8%
Lifan	1,318	0.8%	1,217	0.9%	8.3%	3,332	0.8%	3,307	1.0%	0.8%
Ravon	1,160	0.7%	678	0.5%	71.1%	4,100	1.0%	1,629	0.5%	151.7%
Land Rover	1,067	0.7%	1,005	0.7%	6.2%	2,169	0.6%	2,120	0.7%	2.3%
Mercedes-Benz Vans	588	0.4%	742	0.5%	-20.8%	1,545	0.4%	1,378	0.4%	12.1%
VW NFZ	580	0.4%	550	0.4%	5.5%	1,400	0.4%	1,310	0.4%	6.9%
Volvo	566	0.4%	725	0.5%	-21.9%	937	0.2%	1,152	0.4%	-18.7%
Peugeot	527	0.3%	559	0.4%	-5.7%	1,398	0.4%	1,112	0.3%	25.7%
Chery	514	0.3%	506	0.4%	1.6%	1,300	0.3%	1,044	0.3%	24.5%
Infiniti	504	0.3%	536	0.4%	-6.0%	1,174	0.3%	1,477	0.5%	-20.5%
Subaru	492	0.3%	354	0.3%	39.0%	1,639	0.4%	1,056	0.3%	55.2%
Citroen	480	0.3%	426	0.3%	12.7%	1,045	0.3%	996	0.3%	4.9%
Honda	370	0.2%	121	0.1%	205.8%	947	0.2%	360	0.1%	163.1%
Suzuki	332	0.2%	333	0.2%	-0.3%	848	0.2%	975	0.3%	-13.0%
Porsche	315	0.2%	369	0.3%	-14.6%	714	0.2%	761	0.2%	-6.2%
Jaguar	277	0.2%	285	0.2%	-2.8%	552	0.1%	627	0.2%	-12.0%
MINI	220	0.1%	125	0.1%	76.0%	480	0.1%	298	0.1%	61.1%
Zotye	202	0.1%	80	0.1%	152.5%	529	0.1%	151	0.0%	250.3%
Haval	158	0.1%	141	0.1%	12.1%	492	0.1%	369	0.1%	33.3%
Fiat	148	0.1%	205	0.1%	-27.8%	325	0.1%	492	0.2%	-33.9%
Geely	147	0.1%	240	0.2%	-38.8%	379	0.1%	510	0.2%	-25.7%
Jeep	137	0.1%	154	0.1%	-11.0%	284	0.1%	376	0.1%	-24.5%
FAW	112	0.1%	22	0.0%	409.1%	265	0.1%	69	0.0%	284.1%
Changan	100	0.1%	116	0.1%	-13.8%	278	0.1%	319	0.1%	-12.9%
Genesis	95	0.1%	182	0.1%	-47.8%	209	0.1%	198	0.1%	5.6%
Dongfeng Motor	91	0.1%	51	0.0%	78.4%	332	0.1%	145	0.0%	129.0%
Cadillac	83	0.1%	145	0.1%	-42.8%	182	0.0%	335	0.1%	-45.7%
smart	56	0.0%	50	0.0%	12.0%	134	0.0%	100	0.0%	34.0%
Isuzu	56	0.0%	40	0.0%	40.0%	127	0.0%	136	0.0%	-6.6%
Hyundai LCV	53	0.0%	14	0.0%	278.6%	102	0.0%	29	0.0%	251.7%
Iveco	47	0.0%	23	0.0%	104.3%	107	0.0%	86	0.0%	24.4%
Foton	35	0.0%	17	0.0%	105.9%	81	0.0%	23	0.0%	252.2%
Brilliance	22	0.0%	15	0.0%	46.7%	40	0.0%	42	0.0%	-4.8%
Chrysler	10	0.0%	1	0.0%	900.0%	24	0.0%	1	0.0%	2300.0%
Ssangyong	9	0.0%	11	0.0%	-18.2%	67	0.0%	26	0.0%	157.7%
HTM	2	0.0%	21	0.0%	-90.5%	8	0.0%	43	0.0%	-81.4%
BAW	-	-%	10	0.0%	-%	-	-%	28	0.0%	-%
Total	157,279	100.0%	138,060	100.0%	13.9%	392,920	100.0%	322,880	100.0%	21.7%

Source: Association of European Businesses (AEB)