OREANDA-NEWS. According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", during the last year the number of Chevrolet dealers decreased 2.3 times. As of December 1st, 2015 the dealer network Chevrolet included 61 centers in 38 cities of Russia. A year before (December of 2014) with this American brand it was worked 142 dealers, and in the summer of last year the number of dealers reached 164 auto centers. Therewith, Opel dealer network continues to include 114 centers (last year it was 151) and other 144 dealership contracts are belonged to the plant GM-AvtoVAZ, which produces and sells Chevrolet Niva.

Recall that in March of 2015 the American GM has decided to withdraw from Russia in connection with the futility of car market. At the same time it was decided to stop completely the sales of Opel, and in the Chevrolet model line the Group decided to produce Togliatti SUV Niva, as well as three American models - Tahoe full-size SUV and two Camaro coupe and Corvette. GM also decided to sell in the Russian market brand Cadillac. In the autumn it became known that the number of models that have been previously produced under the brand Chevrolet with Korean origins must soon return to the Russian market under the new brand Ravon, created on the basis of «UzDaewoo». 

During 10 months of 2015 in the Russian market it was sold 43 377 Chevrolet cars, which is less by 56% than the last year. Also dealers sold 25,357 SUVs Chevrolet Niva (-22%). At the same time, the sales of Opel declined by 70% to 15,454 units, and the sales of Cadillac fell by 24% to 804 cars.