For the year sales of Lada increased by 17 %

11 January 2018

Leaders of growth were the Vesta and XRAY

2017 was favorable for the largest domestic manufacturer: Lada summed up the past year, under which sales rose by 17 %. Other car brands have not yet had time to report, so that the whole picture is not yet clear, but now it's safe to say that "AVTOVAZ" grew faster than the market.

To begin to sum up the end of December: last month of 2017 was implemented 32 580 Lada cars. This result not only 17.9% ahead of the figures for December 2016, but is the best monthly figure for the last three years.

In General, for 2017 were sold 311 588 cars of the Russian company. Growth of 17 %. According to estimates AVTOVAZ, occupies 20.5% of the passenger car market in the country. A few years ago, the company put in front of the former leader Bo Andersson goal is to reach a share of 20 %, though such a plan, the experts called unrealistic.

Most popular "Lada" left "Grant": in 2017 sold 93 686 vehicles, an increase of 6.8 %. Even more impressive dynamics is demonstrated by Vesta: plus 40.1 percent, to 77 291 cars (of which 5 518 copies had on Vesta and Vesta SW SW Cross). But the growth leader was the Lada XRAY — plus, 67 % to 33 319 cars.

Growth of demand was facilitated by state support. According to AVTOVAZ, nearly half of cars (45 %) was sold with the involvement of market support schemes (recycling, trade-in, "First car", "car", etc.). Signature loan program Lada Finance was used by 38 % of buyers.

2017 was favorable for export: delivery Lad abroad increased by 31%, to 24 thousand cars. Another positive news was the expansion of the dealer network last year opened 17 new dealerships Lada.