OREANDA-NEWS. AVTOVAZ retains sales forecast in Russia at the level of 325,000 cars in 2015, the company's president Bo Andersson said. "I think, that during the year the market (passenger cars) will come up to 1.5 million vehicles, and we continue to target 20% market share. I do not know if it will work, but our target sales are still 325,000 vehicles, "- the top manager said.

In 2014, AVTOVAZ sold 387,307 vehicles in Russia. So, this year, the result could reduce by 16.1%, Finmarket agency reports.

During four months of 2015 Lada dealers in Russia sold 91,413 vehicles - 29% less than for the same period last year. At the same time, Lada market share came up to 18.6%, which is 2.3% more than a year ago. Sales in the export markets increased by 7.9% up to 12,555 Lada vehicles in January - April 2015.