Leasing: August 2026 results

The marketing agency NAPI (National Industrial Information Agency) updated leasing contracts of vehicles and other assets database.

The database contains a detailed information on leased asset, lessor, lessee and leasing contracts.

The database enables to estimate the lease market, analyze the lessees’ procurements composition, etc. The database is updated monthly.

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Russian truck market

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

The database contains on new and used truck sales data.

The database provides detailed information on the Russian truck sales broken down by brand, model, region, body type etc. The database is updated monthly.

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UAZ plans to release the updated Patriot in autumn of 2026

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Car market
The hybrid Haval GWM H10 was noticed in Russia

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Surge in the electric car and hybrid vehicle market

According to marketing agency NAPI, 48.1 thousand new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and 8.2 thousand new electric cars were sold in January-August 2026. Compared to the first 8 months of 2025, hybrid vehicle sales grew by 140.5%, while those of electric cars — by 22.3%.

Driven by the current fuel situation, PHEV sales experienced a large growth in July 2026, reaching 9.7 thousand units (+57.6% on June). Consequently, the PHEV market share in total car sales reached 8.0% in July. In August, sales slightly fell to 7.6 thousand units, with the market share reaching 6.7%. The summer months delivered the strongest performance since the beginning of the year.

Electric car sales also grew. In July, sales reached 1.5 thousand units (+122.4% on June), accounting for 1.3% of the total car sales. In August, the volume of electric cars sold made 2.2 thousand units (+44.6% on July), while their market share reached 2.0% …

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New plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and electric car sales
New LCV sales in January-August 2026, thousand units
Equipment leasing grew by more than a quarter

According to the marketing agency NAPI, 87.3 thousand units of equipment were issued for financial leasing in January-July 2026, representing a 25.9% rise on the previous year. However, the 2024 year figures (121.4 thousand units) were not reached; the result for the first seven months of the current year was 42.9% lower.

The largest leasing growth was shown by segments of food industry equipment, including refrigeration and restaurant equipment (+357.3%), and medical and pharmaceutical equipment (+106.6%). Leasing of pumping (+78.1%), energy (+49.9%), and agricultural (+37.2%) equipment saw less significant growth. Moderate growth took place in segments of telecommunications equipment, office machinery, and computers (+6.8%), as well as oil and gas extraction and processing equipment (+6.8%). Two segments showed negative dynamics: industrial equipment (-55.1%) and metalworking equipment (-23.9%)…

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RUSSIAN AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
Leasing dynamics in the car and commercial vehicle segments

According to the NAPI, in January-August 2026, leasing of cars and commercial vehicles reached 178.9 thousand units, representing a 1.1% rise on the first 8 months of last year. Compared to January-August 2024, leasing decreased by 37.9%. Despite the overall leasing decline, growth took place in the car, truck, and trailer segments…

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 … 

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