Sales of used cars grew by almost a third in Russia

At the end of January 2025, Russians bought 420.3 thousand cars with mileage, which is 29.4% more than in the same month last year. This is stated in the report of the analytical agency "Avtostat", which was received by "Izvestia" on February 19.

More than a quarter (26.45%) of the Russian secondary market at the beginning of the year fell on the Lada brand, 111.2 thousand of such used cars were bought in January. The second place, with more than twofold lag behind the leader, is occupied by Toyota (42.4 thousand units, share of 10.1%). Kia and Hyundai (22.6 thousand and 22 thousand units, respectively) also broke the barrier of 5%.

Nissan, Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Renault, Honda and Ford are in the second five. Among the above-mentioned brands, all of them registered growth in sales compared to January last year, and all of them the dynamics exceeds 10%. Lada (+42.1%) added the most, and the least - Nissan (+13.8%).

The most popular model among used cars was sedan Lada 2107, the market volume of which in the second winter month amounted to 10 thousand copies. On the second and third lines of the rating were two more VAZ models - hatchback Lada 2114 "Samara-2" (8.5 thousand units) and sedan Lada 2170 "Priora" (8 thousand units),

Kia Rio and Hyundai Solaris (8 thousand and 7.8 thousand units, respectively) also made it to the top five of the secondary market in January. Lada 4×4 ("Niva"), Ford Focus, Toyota Corolla and Camry, as well as Lada 2190 ("Granta") closed the top ten. All ten models show market growth. The best indicator is the Vazovskoy "seven" (+71.7%), the Toyota Corolla (+12.5%) looks more modest than the rest.

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January 21, it was reported that in 2024, Russians purchased 6.04 million passenger cars with mileage, which is 6% more than a year earlier. Five brands account for more than half (51%) of the Russian aftermarket. Lada leads with the result of 1.5 million used cars. The second place was taken by Toyota, the result of which amounted to 619.5 thousand units.