OREANDA-NEWS. The Russians bought 465.4 thousand used cars in May, which is 53% higher than in May last year, as analytical agency Avtostat calculated.

In general, in January-May 2021, sales of used cars in Russia increased by 28% to 2.26 million vehicles.

All brands on the secondary market were sold out. According to the results of the last month of spring, the domestic brand Lada retains its leadership in the market of used cars: in May, sales of "Lada" increased by 43% to 107.6 thousand cars.

The Japanese brand Toyota is in second place: sales grew by 46% to 50.9 thousand cars. In third place - South Korean brands Hyundai and KIA are almost on a par.

Sales of Hyundai passenger cars grew by 70% to 27.1 thousand, KIA - by 76% to 27 thousand cars. Nissan sales increased by 47% in May to 25.8 thousand cars. These five leading brands accounted for more than half (51%) of the entire secondary passenger car market in May.

Sales of new passenger cars in Russia at the end of 2020 decreased for the second year in a row - by 9.1% to 1.599 million cars, the committee of automakers of the Association of European Businesses calculated. In 2019, new car sales in Russia decreased by 2.3% to 1.759 million vehicles.