Taxi population in Russia as of January 1, 2026

Marketing agency NAPI presents a new product «Taxi population in Russia» — a database of all passenger cars in taxis operating in the territory of the Russian Federation.

The database provides comprehensive information on the brands, models and years of production of cars used in the taxi industry, and their detailed technical specifications.

«Taxi population» contains information about the date, license status and region of operation of each vehicle, about the method of acquisition of cars by the taxi park, and also includes information on carriers and lessors.

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Electric and hybrid car market

The «New and used electric and hybrid car sales» database contains monthly information about new and used car statistics.

The database includes information about: Car brand, model and modification; Country of the brand origin; Country of manufacture; Car technical characteristics; Region; City, etc.

The database allows to release complex automotive market analysis: To determine Russian electric and hybrid car market volume; To monitor new and used electric and hybrid car sales dynamics; To analyze the demand on exact electric and hybrid cars; Be informed about current market tendencies.

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News
Car market
AvtoVAZ and WB Leasing have agreed to cooperate

AvtoVAZ JSC and WB Leasing company (part of the Wildberries ecosystem) signed a cooperation agreement at the Conference on Innovative Technologies in E-commerce and Media (CIT). The document provides for the creation of a transparent and effective mechanism for interaction. AvtoVAZ will provide WB Leasing with special conditions for the purchase of cars from authorized LADA dealers, which will allow the leasing company to create profitable...

Car market
The updated Haval M6 has entered the Russian market 

The Chinese Great Wall Motor (GWM) concern has announced the launch of sales of the updated Haval M6 crossover in Russia, the press service of the Russian representative office of GWM reports. The novelty was equipped with heated front seats and mirrors, heated windshield, as well as telematics services for controlling car functions via a smartphone. The power plant is represented by 1.5-liter petrol engine capacity of 143 HP, coupled with...

Car market
UMO 5 electric cars will appear in carsharing facilities in Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg and Moscow

UMO 5 electric cars will appear in Yandex Drive carsharing in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. A pilot launch of models is already underway in Kaliningrad, Autonews reports. It is already known that the number of UMO 5 electric cars in Saint Petersburg will be significantly higher at the start than in Moscow. One of the reasons for choosing the city is the well-developed infrastructure of charging stations. Recall that the model has been...

What is the actual share of Chinese cars in the Russian market

The marketing agency NAPI analyzed sales of new cars of Russian, Chinese and other foreign brands in January-March 2026. Compared to the similar period last year, the market grew by 8.0%. In January-March of the current year, 261.1 thousand cars were sold.

Two market segments showed decline. The segment of cars of traditional Russian brands decreased by 17.3%, sales amounted to 64.7 thousand units. Cars of traditional Russian brands accounted for 24.8% in January-March (-7.6 p.p.). The segment of Chinese imported cars fell more sharply – by 45.5%, 53.3 thousand units were sold over three months. The share of Chinese cars imported into Russia was 20.4% (-20.1 p.p.).

At the same time, sales of cars of new Russian brands increased significantly – by 312.8% to 39.6 thousand units. Their share grew from 4.0% to 15.2% over the year…

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New car sales, thousand units
Average prices for used cars
In which regions is the share of Chinese cars higher?

According to the marketing agency NAPI, the car population numbered 52.9 million units as of January 1, 2026. 17.1 million units are Russian cars, accounting for 32.4% of the population. The population also includes 3.1 million Chinese cars, accounting for 5.8%.

TOP-10 regions account for 41.1% of the car population. The share of Russian cars in the list of TOP-10 regions is 27.6%, while that of Chinese ones — 7.4%.

Among the regions analyzed, Russian cars predominate in the Samara region (48.6%) and the Bashkortostan Republic (44.1%). Moscow and Saint Petersburg have the smallest share of Russian cars — 14.4% and 15.2%, respectively. However, these regions also have the highest share of Chinese cars: 9.0% in Moscow and 9.6% in Saint Petersburg. The Sverdlovsk region (5.6%) and the Bashkortostan Republic (5.4%) have the smallest number of Chinese cars.

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Car population as of January 1, 2026 by country of the brand origin, TOP-10 regions
Average used commercial vehicle prices
RUSSIAN AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
The number of LCV service centers decreased over the quarter

The marketing agency NAPI has updated its report on LCV* dealerships and service centers in Q I 2026. Compared to Q IV 2025 the number of authorized sales points increased by 17 units (+1.2%). The number of authorized service centers, on the contrary, decreased by 13 units (-0.6%). In Q I 2026 the number of sales points amounted to 1.4 thous. units, while that of service centers totaled 2.1 thous. units…

VEHICLE PRODUCTION IN RUSSIA
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 … 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION AGENCY (THE MARKETING AGENCY NAPI)

Modern market economy puts strict conditions for each company. In severe competitive conditions those companies are winning, which are able to see through products and services market conjuncture, forecast development tendencies, provide risks and offer optimal variants. Demand evaluation and release of efficient mechanisms of its satisfaction are mentioned as main assignments of companies` marketing services. Russian automotive market is one of the most profitable and at the same time complicated competitive environments. Automotive market participants` demands is rapidly changing, for this reason market analysis is fundamentally important for dealers and manufacturers to react immediately on any changes or events. To create an efficient development strategy, manufacturers and dealers have to release automotive market forecast based on complex automotive market statistic research based on following parameters: vehicle type; brand; model; modification level.

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In our materials are following parameters estimated: regional economic development; local dealer centers development; company model range correspondence to local climate conditions; vehicle prices by region; vehicle ownership expenses by region; competitive environment and other data.
Our information helps in planning strategic priorities of companies, executive centers, seasonal product offers.
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