January sales of new passenger cars in Russia grow 77.3% YoY to 80,212 units

MOSCOW. Feb 5 (Interfax) - Sales of new passenger cars in Russia in January 2024 increased 77.3% YoY versus last year's "low base" to 80,212 units, the analytical agency Autostat said, citing data from Passport Industrial Consulting JSC.

The market leader is still the Russian Lada, whose sales last month increased 26.4% to 22,289 units, and its share decreased by 11.2 percentage points, to 27.8%.

Second place and first among foreign cars belongs to Chinese brand Haval, with 9,620 cars sold in January. Next are seven more brands from China: Geely (8,998 units), Chery (8,801 units), Changan (4,893 units), Exeed (2,758 units), Omoda (2,668 units), Lixiang (1,741 units) and Tank (1,733 units). All these brands showed annual sales growth, the most modest being for Lada, and the most significant for Changan, at 16.5 times.