Russia Car/LCV Sales By Brand : 2015

Has President Putin traded up to the new Lada Vesta?

In 2012, over 2.9 million cars and light commercial vehicles were sold in Russia., in 2015 1.6 million*. With sales down nearly 36% from 2014 and 47% in December '15, the economy must be in some trouble. So when will it be sorted? I guess political decisions will determine that.

Only six brands managed an increase and was surprised that any did. Three of them have recently entered the market so that would account for them. Lexus and Porsche both jumped seven places on small increases, testament to the carnage. On the other hand, Chevrolet crashed about 60%, Opel 74%, Peugeot 73%, Ssangyong and Great Wall nudging -80%.

Some car makers have done much better than others. Being new to the market and releasing new models helped some. Assembling cars in the country must lessen the effect of the depreciating rouble, which reached an all time low against the dollar late 2015. Some car companies may accept the challenging situation, hoping things will turn around soon and they will be well placed to benefit then.

11	12	13	14	15	Brand	2015	%	+/-
1	1	1	1	1	Lada	269,096	16.8%	-30.5%
5	4	3	2	2	Kia	163,500	10.2%	-16.4%
3	6	4	4	3	Hyundai	161,201	10.1%	-10.3%
4	3	2	3	4	Renault	120,411	7.5%	-38.1%
8	8	7	6	5	Toyota	98,149	6.1%	-39.4%
6	7	8	5	6	Nissan	91,100	5.7%	-43.8%
7	5	6	7	7	VW	84,097	5.3%	-40.2%
13	10	10	9	8	Škoda	55,012	3.4%	-34.8%
11	11	11	11	9	GAZ	51,192	3.2%	-26.2%
19	18	16	14	10	Mercedes	49,943	3.1%	-17.0%
2	2	5	8	11	Chevrolet	49,765	3.1%	-59.6%
15	15	15	16	12	UAZ	48,739	3.0%	-2.2%
9	9	9	12	13	Ford	38,607	2.4%	-41.5%
12	14	13	10	14	Mitsubishi	35,909	2.2%	-55.2%
-	-	-	33	15	Datsun	31,697	2.0%	177.7%
21	19	18	18	16	BMW	27,486	1.7%	-22.6%
17	16	17	15	17	Mazda	27,358	1.7%	-46.1%
23	20	19	19	18	Audi	25,650	1.6%	-24.6%
10	12	14	17	19	Daewoo	20,451	1.3%	-45.7%
29	30	31	27	20	Lexus	20,224	1.3%	5.6%
14	13	12	13	21	Opel	16,682	1.0%	-74.3%
28	25	24	21	22	Lifan	15,131	0.9%	-35.9%
37	29	25	28	23	Geely	11,617	0.7%	-38.3%
30	27	27	22	24	Land Rover	11,605	0.7%	-45.1%
26	26	32	31	25	Volvo	7,831	0.5%	-49.2%
31	32	30	30	26	Subaru	6,852	0.4%	-61.0%
18	22	23	26	27	Suzuki	6,540	0.4%	-67.2%
16	17	21	23	28	Peugeot	5,645	0.4%	-73.2%
22	21	22	25	29	Citroën	5,528	0.3%	-72.5%
35	34	33	34	30	Infiniti	5,495	0.3%	-38.8%
42	39	37	37	31	Porsche	5,290	0.3%	12.4%
24	23	20	20	32	Ssangyong	5,194	0.3%	-79.2%
34	28	29	29	33	Chery	4,964	0.3%	-72.6%
27	24	26	24	34	Honda	4,622	0.3%	-77.6%
20	35	34	36	35	Fiat	3,799	0.2%	-53.1%
36	31	28	32	36	Great Wall	3,181	0.2%	-78.8%
40	38	35	35	37	Chrysler	2,100	0.1%	-74.9%
-	-	-	-	38	DFM	1,365	0.1%	n/a
44	41	40	39	39	MINI	1,350	0.1%	-22.9%
-	-	-	47	40	Brilliance	1,202	0.1%	25.9%
41	44	43	42	41	Cadillac	1,142	0.1%	-13.7%
46	46	42	41	42	Jaguar	972	0.1%	-40.3%
-	-	-	43	43	Changan	734		-35.8%
-	-	-	44	44	Acura	721		-34.8%
48	51	49	48	45	Isuzu	614		-19.8%
-	56	50	51	46	smart	471		28.0%
39	48	47	46	47	Haima	391		-61.2%
-	45	44	45	48	BAW	329		-69.6%
-	-	-	50	49	JAC	152		-64.2%
					Others	110
					Total	1,601,216		-35.7%

Data source: AEB Russia.

The popular Hyundai Solaris, faster than a speeding seagull

*Luxury marques are not included in this data as they are not released through the AEB.