The spending of Russians on new cars in July increased sharply

Over the second summer month, residents of the Russian Federation bought new cars for 390 billion rubles. This is 35.5 percent more than in June, and the maximum from the beginning of this year. This is stated in a joint study by Gazprombank Autolyting and Avtostat. At the same time, compared with July 2024, the expenses fell slightly-by 3.7 percent.

In general, in January-July 2025, Russians spent more than two trillion rubles on new cars. Compared to last year, the decrease is noticeable – by 23 percent.

Most of all, it was expected to go to Chinese cars, the share of which in the financial capacity of the market exceeds 56 percent. Further, with a huge margin, Russian brands (15.6 percent) go, followed by European (12.9 percent). 7.3, 2.3 and 1.1 percent of all money, respectively, were spent on Japanese, Korean and American cars.

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At the same time, expenses on the “Japanese” were most noticeably increased – 47.4 percent to 28.3 billion rubles. The expenses of Koreans (plus 45.2 percent) increased to nine billion, to 50.2 billion – on “Europeans” (plus 36.4 percent). The Russians bought Chinese cars for 219.5 billion (plus 35.1 percent), Russian – 60.6 billion (plus 25.3 percent). Another 4.2 billion went to American (plus 19.5 percent).

July turned out to be a relatively successful month for the car market of the Russian Federation: sales exceeded 120 thousand pieces. At the same time, the Russians began to purchase more expensive cars more often, noted in Avtostat.

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