Data from JATO Dynamics shows that the Russian car market has almost halved this year.
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The overall market is down 48.7% from January to June, compared to the same period in 2008, JATO says.
“Russia is suffering more than any other region in world. Not even North America has seen new car registrations hit so heavily,” says Evangelos Hadjistavrou, Regional General Manager, JATO Dynamics.
“Put more graphically, Russia has sold 676,428 fewer vehicles YtD, a figure barely comprehensible a few months ago. Not even government incentives to buy domestically-produced brands can protect manufacturers from the losses.”
Of the volume brands, only Volkswagen has managed to increase sales during the period, whilst all the vehicle segments have posted significant sales losses.
These losses could have been greater, but for action by the Russian government, including increasing support loans to customers of new Russian-built cars, costing less than 600,000 RUR (EUR 13,500), from August 2009. A further scrappage incentive has been announced for 2010, of 50,000 RUR (EUR 1,125), to arrest the decline of the new car market.
Top 10 Brands
Make | Sum of H1_09 | Sum of H1_08 | Diff 2009 vs. 2008 |
% Change | Market Share H1 2009 |
LADA | 183,522 | 334,036 | -150,514 | -45.1% | 25.75% |
CHEVROLET | 60,157 | 125,701 | -65,544 | -52.1% | 8.44% |
FORD | 45,107 | 91,976 | -46,869 | -51.0% | 6.33% |
NISSAN | 38,054 | 76,122 | -38,068 | -50.0% | 5.34% |
TOYOTA | 37,838 | 88,233 | -50,395 | -57.1% | 5.31% |
RENAULT | 36,306 | 55,902 | -19,596 | -35.1% | 5.09% |
HYUNDAI | 36,254 | 99,491 | -63,237 | -63.6% | 5.09% |
KIA | 30,405 | 49,681 | -19,276 | -38.8% | 4.27% |
DAEWOO | 27,642 | 52,525 | -24,883 | -47.4% | 3.88% |
VOLKSWAGEN | 21,858 | 20,586 | +1,272 | +6.2% | 3.07% |
Top 10 Models
Make & Model | Sum of H1_09 | Sum of H1_08 | Diff 2009 vs. 2008 | % Change |
LADA SAMARA | 47,207 | 88,283 | -41,076 | -46.5% |
LADA PRIORA | 46,147 | 56,630 | -10,483 | -18.5% |
LADA 2104/2105/2107 | 40,293 | 99,878 | -59,585 | -59.7% |
LADA KALINA | 31,278 | 46,549 | -15,271 | -32.8% |
FORD FOCUS | 29,275 | 46,357 | -17,082 | -36.8% |
RENAULT LOGAN | 25,581 | 41,074 | -15,493 | -37.7% |
CHEVROLET LACETTI | 18,053 | 44,989 | -26,936 | -59.9% |
CHEVROLET LANOS | 15,027 | 25,468 | -10,441 | -41.0% |
DAEWOO NEXIA | 14,720 | 25,561 | -10,841 | -42.4% |
DAEWOO MATIZ | 12,922 | 26,964 | -14,042 | -52.1% |
Segments
JATO regional segment | Sum of H1_09 | Sum of H1_08 | Diff 2009 vs. 2008 | % ChangetD |
EU A – utility/city cars Total
16,474
35,617
-19,143
-53.7%
EU B – small Total
110,912
213,817
-102,905
-48.1%
EU C1 – lower medium
312,786
653,328
-340,542
-52.1%
EU C2 – lower medium
30,316
68,965
-38,649
-56.0%
EU D1 – upper medium
11,939
18,769
-6,830
-36.4%
EU D1 – upper medium
56,303
103,602
-47,299
-45.7%
EU D2 – upper medium
7,346
10,492
-3,146
-30.0%
EU E1 – large and exec
8,982
14,314
-5,332
-37.3%
EU E2 – luxury
1,967
4,052
-2,085
-51.5%
EU Mini MPV
4,210
10,798
-6,588
-61.0%
EU Mini MPV
19,136
41,612
-22,476
-54.0%
EU Medium MPV
2,009
1,681
+328
+19.5%
EU Large MPV
1,458
3,250
-1,792
-55.1%
EU Small SUV
38,738
54,503
-15,765
-28.9%
EU Medium SUV
75,097
139,568
-64,471
-46.2%
EU Large SUV
12,241
12,970
-729
-5.6%
EU Luxury SUV
16,309
26,398
-10,089
-38.2%
EU Sports
1,989
4,003
-2,014
-50.3%
EU Pickup
677
996
-319
-32.0%
Grand Total
712,740
1,389,168
-676,428
-48.7%
