20.05.2021 / The new car and LCV market is catching up in the pandemic

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In April 2021 the new car and LCV market showed significant growth on April 2020, when the country was in a strict quarantine mode caused by the coronavirus.

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In January-April 2021, new LCVsales amounted to 42.67 thousand units – by 38.0% more than in 2020.

In April 2021 new LCV sales increased by 157.1% and amounted to 15.05 thousand units.

The rating of regions by new LCV sales in April 2021 was headed by Moscow, the Moscow region and Saint Petersburg.

Regional TOP-20 markets showed positive sales dynamics.

New LCV sales, ТОР-20 regions,
April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Region

April 2020

April 2021

Change, %

Moscow

0.63

2.39

277.8%

Moscow region

0.47

1.86

294.7%

Saint Petersburg

0.30

0.96

223.9%

Krasnodar region

0.16

0.51

217.6%

Tatarstan Republic

0.18

0.43

143.8%

Sverdlovsk region

0.15

0.43

197.2%

Bashkortostan Republic

0.15

0.37

139.6%

Nizhny Novgorod region

0.16

0.37

125.8%

Rostov-on-Don region

0.15

0.34

134.0%

Krasnoyarsk region

0.12

0.29

136.1%

Chelyabinsk region

0.15

0.27

85.5%

Voronezh region

0.08

0.25

224.4%

Samara region

0.21

0.25

22.4%

Novosibirsk region

0.15

0.25

66.2%

Khanty-Mansi AR

0.04

0.24

473.2%

Saratov region

0.08

0.23

176.8%

Perm region

0.11

0.21

94.4%

Altai region

0.10

0.21

107.0%

Kemerovo region

0.10

0.19

88.9%

Tyumen region

0.09

0.17

101.2%

ТОР-20

3.56

10.21

186.7%

Other

2.29

4.84

111.2%

Total

5.85

15.05

157.1%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

In April 2021 the market leader GAZ sold 6.24 thousand light commercial vehicles, which was a 139.7% rise on April 2020. The second was occupied by FORD, sales of which amounted to 1.84 thousand units (+167.2%). UAZ also entered TOP-3 with a result of 1.83 thousand LCV sold (+74.3%).

New LCV sales, ТОР-10 brands,
April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Brand

April 2020

April 2021

Change, %

GAZ

2.60

6.24

139.7%

FORD

0.69

1.84

167.2%

UAZ

1.05

1.83

74.3%

LADA

0.38

1.22

222.2%

PEUGEOT

0.05

0.70

1322.4%

VOLKSWAGEN

0.28

0.64

130.1%

MERCEDES-BENZ

0.13

0.57

327.1%

CITROEN

0.06

0.42

562.5%

TOYOTA

0.18

0.36

96.2%

VIS

0.10

0.26

161.6%

ТОР-10

5.52

14.07

154.7%

Other

0.33

0.98

197.6%

Total

5.85

15.05

157.1%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New LCV sales, ТОР-20 regions,
January-April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Region

January-April 2020

January-April 2021

Change, %

Moscow

3.99

5.98

49.9%

Moscow region

2.31

4.32

86.6%

Saint Petersburg

1.75

2.59

47.9%

Krasnodar region

1.02

1.46

42.6%

Tatarstan Republic

0.99

1.29

30.8%

Nizhny Novgorod region

0.81

1.19

46.3%

Bashkortostan Republic

0.87

1.17

35.1%

Sverdlovsk region

0.75

0.99

32.0%

Rostov-on-Don region

0.70

0.96

36.6%

Samara region

0.70

0.82

16.7%

Khanty-Mansi AR

0.74

0.81

9.9%

Krasnoyarsk region

0.59

0.78

30.5%

Chelyabinsk region

0.67

0.77

15.0%

Voronezh region

0.47

0.74

55.1%

Saratov region

0.40

0.68

71.2%

Novosibirsk region

0.54

0.67

25.2%

Perm region

0.57

0.65

14.0%

Irkutsk region

0.71

0.57

-19.4%

Kemerovo region

0.40

0.56

40.2%

Stavropol region

0.50

0.56

12.1%

ТОР-20

19.47

27.53

41.4%

Other

11.44

15.14

32.3%

Total

30.91

42.67

38.0%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New LCV sales, ТОР-10 brands,
January-April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Brand

January-April 2020

January-April 2021

Change, %

GAZ

13.33

16.84

26.4%

UAZ

5.27

6.73

27.8%

FORD

3.26

5.11

57.0%

LADA

2.37

4.39

85.5%

VOLKSWAGEN

1.91

2.00

4.5%

PEUGEOT

0.43

1.52

255.6%

MERCEDES-BENZ

0.61

0.94

53.9%

TOYOTA

0.89

0.92

3.7%

CITROEN

0.37

0.79

114.7%

VIS

0.44

0.78

76.8%

ТОР-10

28.86

40.02

38.6%

Other

2.05

2.65

29.4%

Total

30.91

42.67

38.0%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

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In January-April 2021, 516.96 thousand new cars were sold in the Russian market, which was a 20.2% rise on April 2020.

In April 2021 the new car market increased by 213.8% on April 2020 to 169.77 thousand units.

The rating of regions by new car sales in April 2021 was headed by Moscow, the Moscow region and Saint Petersburg.

All regional TOP-20 markets showed sales increase on April 2020.

New car sales, ТОР-20 regions,
April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Region

April 2020

April 2021

Change, %

Moscow

3.93

26.86

583.7%

Moscow region

3.74

15.64

318.4%

Saint Petersburg

3.00

12.32

310.9%

Krasnodar region

1.45

7.29

404.6%

Tatarstan Republic

2.11

6.82

223.0%

Sverdlovsk region

2.10

5.68

170.3%

Bashkortostan Republic

1.85

5.34

188.2%

Samara region

2.33

5.25

124.9%

Chelyabinsk region

1.69

4.40

161.0%

Nizhny Novgorod region

1.25

4.06

225.8%

Rostov-on-Don region

1.20

3.95

229.0%

Perm region

1.19

3.21

169.1%

Voronezh region

1.06

2.87

171.6%

Stavropol region

0.68

2.72

301.0%

Khanty-Mansi AR

0.19

2.49

1191.7%

Saratov region

0.76

2.47

224.3%

Volgograd region

1.07

2.40

125.3%

Orenburg region

1.16

2.40

106.4%

Kemerovo region

1.53

2.21

44.0%

Novosibirsk region

0.89

2.20

148.5%

ТОР-20

33.17

120.57

263.5%

Other

20.94

49.20

135.0%

Total

54.11

169.77

213.8%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

Sales of the market leader LADA in April 2021 increased by 223.1% and amounted to 41.23 thousand units. TOP-3 traditionally included KIA and HYUNDAI. Sales of KIA cars grew by 220.9%, HYUNDAI - by 220.4%.

New car sales, ТОР-15 brands,
April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Brand

April 2020

April 2021

Change, %

LADA

12.76

41.23

223.1%

KIA

6.66

21.37

220.9%

HYUNDAI

5.42

17.37

220.4%

RENAULT

4.91

16.03

226.3%

SKODA

2.90

12.04

315.8%

TOYOTA

3.29

10.56

221.2%

VOLKSWAGEN

3.76

9.07

141.3%

NISSAN

2.00

5.09

154.7%

BMW

1.13

4.89

333.8%

MERCEDES-BENZ

1.59

4.46

179.8%

MAZDA

0.29

3.92

1238.2%

CHERY

0.57

3.42

496.0%

HAVAL

1.21

2.66

119.1%

MITSUBISHI

0.88

2.46

178.1%

LEXUS

1.27

2.32

83.0%

ТОР-15

48.64

156.87

222.5%

Other

5.47

12.90

135.9%

Total

54.11

169.77

213.8%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New car sales, ТОР-20 regions,
January-April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Region

January-April 2020

January-April 2021

Change, %

Moscow

60.86

73.19

20.3%

Moscow region

34.41

46.59

35.4%

Saint Petersburg

30.64

37.46

22.3%

Krasnodar region

16.33

22.48

37.7%

Tatarstan Republic

18.89

21.75

15.1%

Bashkortostan Republic

15.35

17.06

11.1%

Sverdlovsk region

14.12

16.26

15.1%

Samara region

14.36

15.35

6.9%

Chelyabinsk region

11.81

13.97

18.3%

Rostov-on-Don region

10.69

13.12

22.7%

Nizhny Novgorod region

10.48

12.83

22.4%

Perm region

8.68

10.20

17.5%

Voronezh region

7.56

8.86

17.2%

Stavropol region

7.23

8.59

18.8%

Khanty-Mansi AR

6.40

8.14

27.1%

Volgograd region

7.12

7.85

10.3%

Saratov region

6.21

7.45

20.0%

Kemerovo region

6.57

6.96

5.9%

Orenburg region

6.50

6.85

5.4%

Novosibirsk region

5.13

6.69

30.4%

ТОР-20

299.35

361.65

20.8%

Other

130.67

155.31

18.9%

Total

430.01

516.96

20.2%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

New car sales, ТОР-15 brands,
January-April 2021/ 2020, thousand units

Brand

January-April 2020

January-April 2021

Change, %

LADA

89.17

125.24

40.4%

KIA

59.93

67.96

13.4%

HYUNDAI

47.49

53.18

12.0%

RENAULT

36.80

45.72

24.3%

SKODA

23.13

32.37

40.0%

TOYOTA

29.79

30.85

3.6%

VOLKSWAGEN

28.32

30.44

7.5%

NISSAN

20.35

17.72

-12.9%

BMW

11.82

14.98

26.7%

MERCEDES-BENZ

11.10

14.22

28.1%

MAZDA

8.93

10.72

20.1%

CHERY

1.92

10.09

425.5%

HAVAL

4.65

8.93

92.0%

MITSUBISHI

10.01

7.20

-28.1%

LEXUS

5.47

7.18

31.3%

ТОР-15

388.86

476.80

22.6%

Other

41.15

40.16

-2.4%

Total

430.01

516.96

20.2%

Source: Russian Automotive Market Research

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