Sales of new cars in Russia fell by 64% due to COVID-19 pandemic

Most of cars in Russia last month were traditionally sold by AVTOVAZ. During the month, 12.8 thousand Lada cars were sold in Russia.

In Russia in April of this year, 54.5 thousand new cars were sold. This figure is 64% less than the figures for the same period in 2019. Then, 152.2 thousand cars were sold on the Russian market. In addition, it is almost three times lower than March sales (160.6 thousand cars sold). This was reported by the analytical agency "Avtostat".

Analysts explain such indicators by the COVID-19 epidemic. During a pandemic, Russia has a non-working regime. At this time, dealers were forced to curtail physical sales of cars. At the same time, a number of brands launched online car sales.

Most of the cars in Russia last month were traditionally sold by AVTOVAZ. During the month, 12.8 thousand Lada cars were sold in the country. This figure is 64% less than last April. In second place is Kia. Sales of cars of this Korean brand fell by 64% and amounted to 6.7 thousand units.

The first three closes Hyundai with an indicator of 5.3 thousand cars sold (-65%). The following are: Renault (4.9 thousand units; -63%), Toyota (3.9 thousand units; -56%), Volkswagen (3.4 thousand units, -65%), Skoda ( 2.9 thousand units; -64%), Nissan (2 thousand units; -66%), BMW (1.6 thousand units; -55%) and Mitsubishi (1.4 thousand units. ; -65%). In addition to them, the thousandth milestone was overcome by Mazda (1.2 thousand units; -51%) and Mercedes-Benz (1.1 thousand units; -68%).
 

As for the first four months, the sales here also went negative. From January to April in the Russian Federation automobile brands sold 430.1 thousand cars. This is 9.5% less than in January – April last year.

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