VAZ and UAZ holding the market on "mechanics"

16 May 2019

The share of passenger cars with manual gearbox on the Russian market is reduced

According to the analytical Agency "AUTOSTAT", the popularity of cars with manual transmission in Russia is reduced.

The results of the first quarter of this year showed that the implementation of new passenger cars equipped with a manual transmission sold 152 thousand, which is 8% less than in the first quarter of last year. Agency experts believe, the market share of cars with "mechanics" for the year decreased from 45.2% to 41.3%, i.e. almost 4 percentage points.

Naturally, most common among models with a manual gearbox, the domestic LADA – for the three months it accounted for 74,4 thousand cars with a "stick" (+5%).

Second place in this rating for the French brand Renault (20.6 thousand, -15%), and the third for the Korean Hyundai (9.3 million, -5%) and KIA (8.7 million, -30%). The top five leaders of the "mechanics" of the Czech brand Skoda (6 million, -16%). Previously, experts of "AUTOSTAT", in contrast, reported a record share of sales in Russia of cars with automatic transmission: their share was 58.7%, or 215.6 thousand

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