The car market in August was supported by the falling ruble and rising VAT

7 September 2018

The Russian market grew by 11% in August and a 16% for 8 months

According to AEB, in August the Russian market of new passenger cars and LCVs reached the level of sales 147 388 units, which is 14 644 units and 11% higher than the same month last year and higher than in July (+10.6 percent).
Chairman of the AEB automobile manufacturers Committee Joerg Schreiber commented on the results of the last summer month "Since the beginning of this year, the market recovery has proceeded at a good pace, achieving 18% growth year-on-year by the end of July. In August, this trend continued, supported by the peak of spontaneous purchases associated with the recent weakening of the ruble. In the coming months, growth is likely to continue, as planned from January 2019 the VAT increase will in any case provide a high level of demand before the end of this year."



In the eight months since the beginning of the year, the market grew to 1 million 61 140 thousand vehicles (+16,2%). However, it is still below the figure for 7 months. Thus, the market of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles continues to slow, although it is now clear that the bar of 10-12% growth will overcome.



  the Top 3 brands in sales traditionally include (including in August) LADA with 28 683 units and +9%, KIA with 18 857 units and +25%, Hyundai with 13 993 units and +4%. Then in the Top-10 position is not much different from month to month and only Nissan came out on 7th place, pushing it with Skoda, despite its best growth in the Top 10. So Renault (though with LCV) remains 4 - m, with sales growth of 3% to 11 534 units. On the fifth place Toyota (in the amount of LCV) with 9748 units with a significant growth of 23%, despite the rewriting of the price tags on their SUVs. 6th place – Volkswagen with 20% growth to 8637 and is without units 600 units LCV (+15%), considered separately as a brand VW NFZ. Next to the already mentioned Nissan from +21% to 7108 units and Skoda with +34% to 6741 points On 9-th place – still GAS with its LCV – 4993 units, which showed zero growth (+5 units) by August 2017, and rounded out the Top-10 – Ford (in the amount of LCV, although this is somehow not reflected AEB) from minus 4% to 4035 units.
Further worth noting is the 11-th place Mitsubishi with an increase of 93% to 3408 units and 12-e of the Oise (SUVs and LCVs), but with a drop of 7% to 3315 units.
Multiple absolute increase among the leading brands showed Genesis (3.83 times to 207 units) and Honda (2.2% to 464 units). But absolutely, the highest growth appeared at LCV brand Huyndai Truck & Bus – 12-fold in 12 the same was the trucks-the trucks series HD35 / HD35 City
 Much fallen off sales, for example, Fiat (-85% to 26 units) and Citroen (-75% to 131 units). But the American partner of Italians the FCA group – Jeep brand, things are going well – an increase of 75% to 161 units.
Chinese brands move in different directions. So, if the best of them – Lifan showed sales at the level of 1250 units (-11%), then the leader of growth (2.3 times) was Zotye – up to 293.



In the Top 3 for the first eight months of 2018 also invariably are LADA, KIA and Hyundai (in total 491,9 thousand or 43.2% of the market). Moreover, the three exceeded 100-strong overseas sales and the national market leader LADA and over 225-thousand. So, he sold 18% more (227 956 units) passenger cars, crossovers, SUVs and LCVs, i.e. vans LADA Largus F90 –against the same period of 2017. Coming in second place KIA showed the result in 148 579 units, which is 28% higher than last year. Coming in third place Hyundai showed, respectively, 115 392 units and a 20% increase. On 4-th place – Renault 92 896 units (+12%), and then at the 5th far behind – Toyota 66 579 units (+11%). Only slightly lost her VW with 65 406 units, and if a total also take into account 4720 units (+10%) LCV brands VW NFZ, the Volkswagen would have been confident ahead of the Japanese manufacturer – that is to say, the "miracles" of statistics. 7th place – Nissan 50 106 units (+7%), and 8-m – Skoda with 49 696 units (+27%), 9-m – GAS 37 156 units (+7%) and Ford rounded out the top ten with 33 568 units (+11%). On 11-th place Mitsubishi with an increase of 2.25% to 27 050 units, and on the 12th – Oise from -5% to 23 576 units.
The highest growth among leading brands showed a Honda (in 3.9 times) to 3084 units, and absolute – Chrysler (in 7.7 times) to 46 units.
In the ranking of OEMs in the lead as the Alliance AVTOVAZ-Renault-Nissan rising from 33.6% of the market in August (49 481 units.) versus 34.5% a year earlier. The Hyundai Group (includes both the actual brand Hyundai and Genesis and KIA) has sold 33 069 units in August, which allowed him to take second place in the Russian market (22.4% vs. 21.5% from a year earlier). Bronze – VW Group with 17 300 units with a share of 11.7% compared to 10.6% a year earlier.



  Among the models of best sellers (Top 25) of the increasingly market leader LADA Vesta with 8510 units (+27.1 per cent), which pushed the KIA Rio with 7812 units (-7,8%) with the top ranking, which she held for a long time. In third place LADA Granta with 6979 units (-17,6%), sagging in connection with the change of generations.



For the first eight months of 2018 leader still remained KIA Rio with 67 171 units. (+6,5%), in second place with literally the minimum gap is the LADA Vesta 67 136 units (+40,5%), which means in the near future it will become a leader and cumulatively sales. In third place LADA Granta 60 250 units (+2.8 percent), which will prevail until the end of the year in the redesigned generation (with the addition of two models, the former Kalina).



In the Top 25, by the way, all models are exclusively assembled in Russia, what with all the reservations confirms the effectiveness of the very fact of localization of foreign cars in Russia..