Assessment of Production in Russia (PC+LUV) for the first 6 months of 2015
- In the first half of 2015 production (PC + LUV) in Russia fell to 711 000 units, against 1 million units the previous year, representing a decrease of 29.1%. Russia suffers the economic consequences following the crisis in Ukraine. The production of passenger cars (PC) alone fell by 28.4% to 659 000 units.
- By group, Renault-Nissan remains the leader in automobile production in Russia, with a volume of 310 000 vehicles made in the first half of 2015 under the brands Lada, Renault, Nissan and Datsun. This group holds 43.5% of the Russian production but fell by 18.2% over the period. Hyundai-Kia is the second largest producer in Russia (145 000 units), led by Hyundai Solaris and Kia Rio sold locally. This group owns 20% of Russian production but fell by 18.9% over the period. Volkswagen is the third largest (79 000 units) and holds 11% of the Russian production but fell by 31.3% over the period.
- The three most affected manufacturers are GM (-68.6% to 30 000 units) that stopped its production this summer in Russia, PSA (-59.8% to 3 000 units) and Mitsubishi (-47.9% to 8 000 units), the latter two manufacturers are still officially interested in continuing production of vehicles in Russia, although this summer there was talk of a plan to sell their joint plant in Kaluga.
- By model, the LadaGranta remains the most produced model in Russia (+ 4.6% to 81 000 units), ahead of the Hyundai Solaris (+ 0.9% to 62 000 units) Kia Rio (-14.1% 48 000 units), LadaLargus (-1.1% to 40 000 units) - an old Renault Logan estate rebadged Lada - LadaKalina (20% to 26 000 units) at the end of its life cycle, VW Polo (-37 , 6% to 25 000 units) and Renault Duster (-53.1% to 23 000 units).
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