Vehicle commerce

The sales of the flagship models of AVTOVAZ - LADA Vesta sedan and high hatchback LADA XRAY – reached the record levels in the last month of 2016 since their appearance in the Russian market.

Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant in 2016 sold in the Russian market 48848 cars, which is more by 1% than a year ago. As a result, UAZ took the ninth place by sales among all automakers in Russia, and the brand's market share was 3.4% against 3.0% a year before.

Russian dealers of KIA in 2016 sold 149 567 cars - less by 8.5% than a year before. As a result, according to preliminary statistics, KIA managed to keep the leadership in terms of sales among all foreign brands represented in Russia - as well as in 2014 and 2015.

The company "Peugeot Citroen Rus" together with its Bank PSA Bank in 2016 sold 33% of Peugeot and Citroen cars on credit.

At the end of 2016 KAMAZ managed to increase its revenue, by receiving operating profit, while the company had a negative performance in the previous year.

Russian dealers of KIA in February of 2017 will start accepting orders for the updated crossover KIA Soul, including the "charged" version of the KIA Soul GT.

Korean automakers Hyundai and KIA in January updated price lists for their bestsellers. 

AvtoVAZ at the beginning of January of 2017 raised the recommended retail prices for the cars: basic versions of LADA became more expensive by 2-3%. This information was taken from the company's website. 

Russian dealers Volkswagen have sold in November 6973 cars - less by 8 % than a year before. For eleven months of 2016 sales of Volkswagen in Russia were 66,632 cars, which is less by 5% than the indicator for the same period of last year.

The Nissan Altima and the Nissan Rogue each earned top-honors from the National Association of Minority Automotive Dealers (NAMAD). The Altima is recognized as the top-selling vehicle among African American consumers in 2016. 

AUTOSTAT Analytic agency carried out a research on the prices of new passenger cars, which covered all the automakers, officially represented in the Russian market. According to the research, 10 of them changed their prices in the second half of December.

GAZ Group started sales of the Gazel Next new minibus in all dealerships in Russia and the CIS countries.

Russian representation of the brand Volkswagen has stopped to take orders for compact retro hatchback Beetle. According to Wroom.ru site, a small amount of cars of 2016 manufacture year is still available at some dealers.

Analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" conducted a study of the Russian market of new passenger cars for the first 11 months of 2016 and it was made a rating of the most popular models in the premium segment of Moscow.

For the purchase of a car Russian citizen will have to save money for 38 months. This conclusion was made analysts of the agency "AUTOSTAT", by analyzing the weighted average price of cars and the average monthly salary in the Russian regions.