Sales of new cars in Russia collapsed by a quarter

This follows from statistics for April 2025, which is published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Over the second month of spring, the Russians bought 101 401 a new passenger car, which is 25 percent less than in April 2024. Moreover, if you compare the April result from March of this year, then sales grew by 28 percent – in this regard, the Ministry of Industry and Trade notes that the car market is “amended”.

If the sales of new cars exceeded 101.4 thousand pieces, then commercial cars diverged in the amount of 9756 copies-this is 16 percent less than in April 2024, and in the same 16 percent exceeds the Martha 2025 indicator.

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The head of Avtostat, Sergei Tselikov, wrote in his telegram channel that “the car market is not hopeless.” “May, of course, will not reach 100, since in May there will be only 17 working days in the traffic police against 22 in April,” he said. “But in the second half of the year, the smooth restoration of the market of new cars will continue to continue.” The report on the sales of new cars from Avtostat will be published on May 7.

In March, the Russian car market collapsed – at the beginning of spring, the sale of new cars sank by almost half. In March, the Russians bought 79.8 thousand new cars and light commercial cars, which is 45.5 percent less than last month last year. More than 65 percent of sales in early spring accounted for five marks: this is LADA, whose share is 31.53 percent, as well as four Chinese brands – Haval, Cher, Geely and Changan.

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