Light commercial vehicle sales in Russian regions

The marketing agency NAPI (National Industrial Information Agency) updated «The Russian light commercial vehicle market» database.

The database covers new and used LCV sales. The database provides detailed information on the Russian LCV sales broken down by brand, model, region, body type, engine type etc.

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Leasing of new trailers and semi-trailers has decreased by more than a third

According to the marketing agency NAPI, 4.8 thousand new and used semi-trailers were leased by clients in January-March 2026, which was a 11.5% decline on the previous year. In March of the current year, 2.0 thousand trailers were leased, up 3.3% on March 2025.

New trailer leasing decreased by 34.2% in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 2.1 thousand units. Meanwhile, used trailer and semi-trailer leasing grew by 21.7% to 2.7 thousand units.

Leasing accounted for 52.1% of new trailer and semi-trailer sales in January-March of the current year, its share grew by 8.7 p.p. on the last year. The growth in share was due to the fact that the overall new trailer market declined more sharply than the new vehicle leasing, falling by 45.2%. The share of leasing in used trailer sales was 17.9%, up 3.6 p.p. on the last year.

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Cars of which years of manufacture lead corporate sales of Russian and Chinese cars?

According to the marketing agency NAPI, 36.1 thousand new corporate cars were sold in January-March 2026, which was a 10.8% decline on the previous year. Also, 28.4 thousand used cars have been sold since the beginning of the year, having shown a 6.2% rise on 2025. Overall corporate car sales decreased by 4.0% in January-March of the current year.

In the new car segment, 15.6 thousand Chinese cars (43.2% of all sales) and 15.1 thousand Russian cars (41.7%) were sold. More than 60% of cars sold, both those of Chinese and Russian brands, were manufactured in 2025. Cars manufactured in 2026 accounted for 13.7% of Chinese car sales and 29.9% of Russian car sales.

In the used car segment, cars manufactured in 2022-2025 account for almost half of the market, 45.6%. “Fresh» used cars accounted for 98.2% of Chinese car sales. Their share was 48.7% in Russian car sales…

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The bus market is declining, while the segment of buses longer than 12 meters is growing

According to the NAPI, over the year, sales of new buses 6-8 meters long (-46.0% to 0.3 thousand units), 10-12 meters (-18.0% to 0.3 thousand units), and 8-10 meters (-0.5% to 0.6 thousand units) decreased. However, sales of new buses over 12 meters long grew (+59.5% to 0.7 thousand units). Used bus sales fell across all segments …

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What is falling more: production or the market?

According to the NAPI, in January-May 2025, car production increased, but the production and sales growth rate fell compared to the results of January-April :+8.1% and +12.2%, respectively. Truck production decreased by 7.5%, the truck market fell by 50.1%. The bus production did not decrease as much as new vehicle sales … 

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