May showed an increase of sales of new cars by 18%

The growth of sales of cars did not stop even in the quietest month

Published statistics of sales of new cars in Russia. Is it possible to say that the decline began? No! Growth, oddly enough continues, and in the last month of spring, he made a considerable 18% compared to the previous period in 2017, but many experts insisted that the fall is inevitable it will happen if not in the next few months, exactly six months later. Such words sounded from the beginning of 2018. In the meantime, someone suggests the market has.

In may 2018, were sold for 22 thousand cars more than in the same month a year earlier. The number of cars sold amounted to 147.525 units. From January to may were sold almost 700 thousand cars, according to the website of the “Association of European Businesses”.

Sales on the Russian automotive market continue to recover at a steady pace. Total revenue for the first five months of the current year is 20% – a significant step forward from a growth rate of 5% in 2017. This encouraging trend reflects a positive trend in the retail sector of the economy in General and observes a steady increase in consumer confidence.

Not without a spoon of tar in a optimistic slender the picture, which repeatedly describes the Chairman of the Committee of car manufacturers AEB, Joerg Schreiber. The weakening of the ruble has prompted many buyers to spend the savings on the purchase of cars due to fears of further decline of the rating of the national currency in world currency markets.

It remains to be seen how this factor will adversely affect car sales in the future, and that the weakening and the inevitable rise in prices for new cars will continue, no doubt for anybody.

We should not forget about permanent, seasonal, interseasonal and the planned rise in prices of cars. And that is sad for the Russian motorist – the rise in prices is observed not only in a foreign car models, the Assembly of which is localized on the territory of the Russian Federation, but also on the domestic brand and car model. How many times has raised the prices of their products AVTOVAZ and UAZ, it’s difficult to count, because it happens very regularly.

May showed an increase of sales of new cars by 18%

Cheap (old) car model priors like (prices start from 424.900 rubles) or SUV Lada 4×4 (the minimum price tag 469.900 rubles) will soon leave the Assembly line. There will be only modern the new version: Vesta, Xray. But their value even in the minimum configuration is not the most affordable for most motorists in the country, from 580 thousand and above, and this “above” is 900,000 rubles. With the increase in fuel prices in recent years and the struggle of the authorities for road safety (know the methods), such prices for the domestic product will seem most manifestly excessive. We are really not talking about a trivial increase in the cost of living and rising prices on food cart (real, not virtual).

Therefore, it is possible to make a premature conclusion, that the growth of sales of cars can really be not eternal and sooner or later he is able to change the vector to the opposite, especially if the state will curtail a program to support the automobile industry.

Well, if we ignore the reasoning and sentiment, and look at the real situation, it appears that all automakers, with rare exceptions, in may showed stable and significant sales growth in all price categories.

Leaders (may 2018) will remain the same:

Lada + 14% (28.654 sec.)

KIA + 29% (19.561 PCs.)

Hyundai + 33% (15.859 units)

Renault + 11% (12.128 units)

VW + 27% (9.025 units)

Toyota + 9% (8.616 PCs.)

Škoda + 20% (5.973 PCs.)

Nissan + 3% (5.941 PCs.)

GAS com.ed. + 7% (4.67 units)

Only Ford showed negative, -6% (3.701 sec.)

May showed an increase of sales of new cars by 18%

Among the prestigious brands are also the leaders remain the same: Mercedes-Benz (+ 6% 3.234 sold the car), BMW + 24% (2.917 units), Lexus (+ 18% 2.080 cars sold). With the exception of the brand from Ingolstadt, Audi showed a drop of 15% on the last day of spring.

Model the situation is as follows:

MODEL

BRAND

MAY

MODEL

BRAND

JANUARY-MAY

2018

2017

YoY

2018

2017

YoY

Rio

KIA

8 857

8 083

774

Rio

KIA

42 750

38 126

4 624

Granta

Lada

8 486

7 324

1 162

Vesta

Lada

39 792

27 986

11 806

Vesta

Lada

7 673

6 556

1 117

Granta

Lada

36 490

33 444

3 046

Solaris

Hyundai

6 467

5 802

665

Solaris

Hyundai

27 457

25 260

2 197

Creta

Hyundai

5 759

4 203

1 556

Creta

Hyundai

27 456

20 131

7 325

Polo

5 257

3 920

1 337

Polo

21 697

18 088

3 609

Largus

Lada

3 778

2 609

1 169

Duster

Renault

17 294

15 886

1 408

Duster

Renault

3 521

3 456

Largus

Lada

17 143

10 451

6 692

Sportage

KIA

3 018

2 258

760

XRAY

Lada

14 086

12 692

1 394

XRAY

Lada

2 991

2 887

104

Rapid

Skoda

13 770

11 227

2 543

Sandero

Renault

2 934

2 603

331

Sportage

KIA

13 704

9 871

3 833

Kaptur

Renault

2 829

2 669

160

Tiguan

12 948

9 496

3 452

Rapid

Škoda

2 821

2 406

415

Kaptur

Renault

12 925

11 324

1 601

Tiguan

2 719

2 165

554

Sandero

Renault

12 828

10 835

1 993

Camry

Toyota

2 601

2 605

-4

4×4

Lada

12 699

10 755

1 944

Logan

Renault

2 506

2 165

341

Logan

Renault

12 586

10 520

2 066

4×4

Lada

2 479

2 207

272

NIVA

Chevrolet

11 982

11 948

NIVA

Chevrolet

2 302

2 422

-120

RAV 4

Toyota

11 057

12 449

-1 392

RAV 4

Toyota

2 127

3 166

-1 039

Camry

Toyota

10 681

10 828

-147

Outlander

Mitsubishi

2 068

1 072

996

Octavia A7

Škoda

9 622

8 783

839

Octavia A7

Škoda

2 002

1 747

255

Outlander

Mitsubishi

9 500

5 967

3 533

Tucson

Hyundai

1 972

668

1 304

CEE’d

KIA

8 779

6 272

2 507

CEE’d

KIA

1 972

1 267

705

X-Trail

Nissan

8 541

8 590

-49

CX-5

Mazda

1 828

1 368

460

CX-5

Mazda

8 458

6 281

2 177

X-Trail

Nissan

1 766

1 550

216

Qashqai

Nissan

8 074

8 165

-91