Sales of new Toyota, BMW and Mercedes have grown sharply in Russia

The founder of Avtostat Sergey Tselikov shared the results of May 2025 among the “global” brands. If you leave auto producers from China, Russia and Belarus, sales in the last spring month from year to year have grown by symbolic 2%, although the market as a whole fell by 28%. Toyota (+48%), BMW (+39%) and Mercedes-Benz (+54%): Demand for new models has grown sharply.

In the absolute sales of Toyota, BMW and Mercedes-Benz in May are small: only 3.2 thousand new cars were sold for three. Since Avtostat takes into account the data of primary registration in the traffic police, cars are younger than three years imported from other countries fall into the category of new cars. The renaissance of foreign cars in May is associated with the strengthening of the ruble. However, KIA (-37%) and Hyundai (-30%) completed a month in the minus.

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“Global” brands occupy only eight percent of the total sales, while the TOP-5 of the largest corporations (LADA, Chere, Great Wall, Geely and Changan) captured 81% of the Russian car market. The fall of sales in the first five was higher than the market (-32%), and the most successful among the “sanctions” brands is the Russian Solaris, which finished May in the plus of 70%!

On the rise and luxury cars sector: compared to 2024, sales of luxury items are growing. Some stamps recovered to the level of 2021, and this is taking into account sanctions, complex supplies and significant overpayments regarding European and American prices.

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