New car sales in August 2018: + 11%
Sales in August new cars are moving forward without delay
“Sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia in August of 2018 grew by 11.0%”, reported on the official website of the “Association of European businesses (AEB)”. Information from the press release was published today, September 6. As noted in the release, in August 2018, the level of sales increased by 11.0% compared to the same period last year, which is in quantitative terms corresponds to 14.644 units of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Thus, for the last month of summer was realized 147.388 car. Recall that a year earlier for the month of August were sold only 132.744 units.
From January to August were sold 1.140.061 car.
Here is the comment of the Chairman of automobile manufacturers Committee of the AEB Joerg Schreiber:
“Since the beginning of this year, the market recovery has proceeded at a good pace, achieving 18% growth year-on-year by the end of July. In August, this trend continued, supported by the peak of spontaneous purchases associated with the recent weakening of the ruble.
In the coming months, growth is likely to continue, as planned from January 2019 the VAT increase will in any case provide a high level of demand before the end of this year.”
25 BEST-SELLING NEW PASSENGER CARS AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN RUSSIA BY MODEL FOR THE PERIODS AUGUST 2018/2017 GG. AND JANUARY – AUGUST 2018/2017 GG.
Sales data of automobile manufacturers Committee of the AEB include both imported and locally assembled cars. Note: the ranking of brands based on sales results for the month.
#
MODEL
BRAND
AUGUST
#
MODEL
BRAND
JANUARY-AUGUST
2018
2017
PCs
2018
2017
PCs
1
Vesta
Lada
8 510
6 694
1 816
1
Rio
KIA
67 171
63 086
4 085
2
Rio
KIA
7 812
8 472
-660
2
Vesta
Lada
67 136
47 780
19 356
3
Granta
Lada
6 979
8 474
-1 495
3
Granta
Lada
60 250
58 604
1 646
4
Creta
Hyundai
5 274
4 000
1 274
4
Solaris
Hyundai
44 022
46 683
-2 661
5
Polo
VW
5 169
3 750
1 419
5
Creta
Hyundai
43 807
31 345
12 462
6
Solaris
Hyundai
4 814
6 987
-2 173
6
Polo
VW
37 753
29 482
8 271
7
Largus
Lada
3 719
2 554
1 165
7
Largus
Lada
28 325
19 262
9 063
8
XRAY
Lada
3 617
2 855
762
8
Duster
Renault
27 863
26 491
1 372
9
Duster
Renault
3 537
3 511
26
9
XRAY
Lada
23 317
20 801
2 516
10
RAV 4
Toyota
3 019
2 777
242
10
Rapid
Škoda
22 606
18 870
3 736
11
Rapid
Škoda
2 863
2 431
432
11
Sportage
KIA
22 161
16 366
5 795
12
4×4
Lada
2 807
2 298
509
12
Sandero
Renault
21 220
18 289
2 931
13
Sportage
KIA
2 710
1 428
1 282
13
Logan
Renault
21 029
18 338
2 691
14
Kaptur
Renault
2 627
2 862
-235
14
4×4
Lada
20 631
17 786
2 845
15
Sandero
Renault
2 562
2 268
294
15
Tiguan
VW
20 185
16 522
3 663
16
Logan
Renault
2 518
2 360
158
16
Kaptur
Renault
20 087
19 386
701
17
Camry
Toyota
2 498
2 374
124
17
Camry
Toyota
19 746
19 343
403
18
Tiguan
VW
2 364
2 340
24
18
RAV 4
Toyota
19 430
21 466
-2 036
19
Optima
KIA
2 323
1 077
1 246
19
NIVA
Chevrolet
18 456
19 614
-1 158
20
NIVA
Chevrolet
2 310
2 762
-452
20
Octavia A7
Škoda
15 627
14 497
1 130
21
X-Trail
Nissan
2 124
1 495
629
21
Outlander
Mitsubishi
15 133
9 710
5 423
22
Qashqai
Nissan
2 110
1 713
397
22
Tucson
Hyundai
14 109
6 366
7 743
23
Tucson
Hyundai
1 920
761
1 159
23
X-Trail
Nissan
14 103
12 983
1 120
24
Outlander
Mitsubishi
1 915
1 245
670
24
CX-5
Mazda
13 859
11 307
2 552
25
CX-5
Mazda
1 910
1 618
292
25
Qashqai
Nissan
13 641
12 742
899
Fundamental changes in the balance of power of key players in August, we do not observe. Almost all brands have remained in their places in the ranking. The lion’s share of all showed positive growth. Of the 15 top brands the largest increase showed Mitsubishi (+93%), Skoda (+34%), Mazda (+31%), BMW (+27%), Toyota (+23%).
In the Top 5 all remain: Lada, Kia, Hyundai, Renault and Toyota. In that order is located to a brand like in August this year, and in the period from January to August.
Detailed information on the sales of new cars are available in the official table of the AEB on our website at: Statistics of sales of cars in Russia