Russia Sales Increase for Eighth Straight Month
Industry spokesman Joerg Schreiber says the Russian recovery is robust, with the eight straight months of increases the longest period of uninterrupted growth the car and light-commercial-vehicle market has experienced since 2012.
The Russian new-vehicle market accelerated in October with sales soaring 17.3% to 148,597 units – the eighth consecutive month of increased year-on-year results.
Association of European Businesses Automobile Manufacturers Committee data shows the year-to-date result was up 11.3% at 1,277,938 units.
Committee Chairman Joerg Schreiber says the Russian recovery is robust, with the eight straight months of increases the longest period of uninterrupted growth the passenger-car and light-commercial-vehicle market has experienced since 2012.
“Of course, the size of today’s market is still a far cry from the record sales achieved in that year,” Schreiber says in a statement. “But it is encouraging to see that, at the current pace of recovery, total sales in 2017 have a good chance to restore the market to the level it had in 2015.”
Lada remained Russia’s best-selling brand with a strong 23% rise in October to 28,638 units, for a 10-month total ahead 17% at 249,845.
Kia climbed 16% to 17,407 units for the month and was up 25% year-to-date at 152,630.
Hyundai rose 11% to 15,712 units to give it a 10-month total ahead 11% at 127,597.
Ford finished the month in 10th place with sales up 33% at 4,837 units and was up 15% at 4,837 year-to-date.
Ford’s joint-venture operation, Ford Sollers, credits its October success to its traditionally strong positions in the C-segment with the Ford Focus and the LCV segment with the Ford Transit, as well as a developed line of CUVs, a segment now accounting for 40% of the total market.
Focus sales rose 32% to 1,392 units for the month, leaving it up 22% at 11,577 after 10 months.
Transit deliveries rose 72% to 1,134 units for a year-to-date total up 65% at 7,115 units.
The Ford Explorer’s 238 deliveries in October was its best result of the year and a 109% year-on-year increase. The CUV’s 10-month total was up 62% at 1,891 units.
Chevrolet sales climbed 25% in October to 3,053 units for a 10-month total up 5% at 25,833.
Among models, Kia’s Rio topped the month’s sales charts despite falling 1.9% to 8,779 units.
Lada’s Granta jumped 20.4% to finish October with 8,208 units, ahead of Lada’s Vesta, which climbed 30.6% to 6,629.
After 10 months, the Rio was up 15.6% at 71,225 units with the Granta rising 7.8% to 75,910 and the Vesta ahead 44.2% at 61,270.
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