The Russian market is down by only 2% in 2021 compared to 2019
- The Russian auto market grew 9.3% year-to-date in the first 10 months of 2021, compared to the first 10 months of 2020, to 1,392,929 passenger cars and light utility vehicles, but was down 2.1% from in the first 10 months of 2019.
- The Lada brand remains the leader of the Russian market, with 294,422 sales (21% market share), ahead of Kia (175,756 sales) and Hyundai (148,153 sales). Renault is in fourth position (107,666 sales), largely with models inherited from the European Dacia range (Duster, Logan, Sandero). The French brand is ahead of Volkswagen (81,466 sales), Toyota (79,966 sales) and Skoda (78,237 sales). These seven brands represent 69% of the Russian market in the first 10 months of 2021.
- By groups, Renault-Nissan remains the leader of the Russian market with the Lada, Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi brands, totalling 466,336 sales over 10 months 2021. It is well ahead of the Hyundai-Kia (323,909 units) and Volkswagen groups (179,666 units). These three carmakers alone achieve 70% of sales on the Russian market over 10 months 2021.
- The best-selling models in the first 9 months of 2021 are the Lada Granta (90,986 units) and Vesta (82,860 units), followed by the Kia Rio (63,220 units), Hyundai Creta (53,399 units), Hyundai Solaris ( 48,840 units), Volkswagen Polo (39,689 units) and Lada Niva (39,631 units). These seven models alone represent 30% of the Russian market in 2021.
- It is to be noted that exports are rising sharply (+39% compared to the first 8 months of 2020). The top exporting countries are Belarus (40% of exports) and Kazakhstan (35% of exports). Imports are also rising sharply (+79% compared to the first 8 months of 2020). The top importing countries are Japan (24% of imports), China (18%) and Germany (14%).
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