June 4, 9:00
According to the results of January-May 2025, 506,514 new cars (up to 3 years) were sold in Russia, which is 28 % less than the same period last year (699 002 pcs.
According to the results of January-May, 2025 sold 437 thousand new cars (-26 %year for the year), 41.7 thousand light commercial vehicles (-17 %), 23.5 thousand cargo (-52 %) and 4300 buses (-53 %), follows from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Sales of domestic machines for five months amounted to 277 thousand pieces-by 10 % less than in January-May 2024.
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In May, sales of cars produced in Russia decreased by 15 % year by year, to 57.6 thousand. Sales of imported machines fell by 44 % and amounted to 44.8 thousand pieces. As explained in the ministry, the “seasonality” became the “additional factor” of the market reduction.
In early April 2025, AvtoVAZ said that according to the results of March, the manufacturer sold 28.7 thousand Lada cars and light commercial cars in Russia – 33 % less than a year by the year. The head of the company Maxim Sokolov called the market fall “dramatic.” The total decrease in sales of cars in the Russian market then amounted to 45 %. On June 3, 2025, Sokolov told RIA Novosti that he “sees grounds” for rising prices. One of the prerequisites for this he considers the cost of production cost.
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