Sales of used crossovers in Russia increased by 22%

Sales of used cars in the SUV segment (crossovers and SUVs) in Russia increased by 22%. If 98.3 thousand such cars were sold in the country in January 2024, then a year later the figure rose to 120.1 thousand units, according to Autostat Info on March 3.

The Lada 4x4 (Niva) became the best-selling SUV on the secondary market, with sales increasing by 19% to 8,000 units. Chevrolet Niva came in second place (+7.6%; 4.6 thousand). The number of re-registrations for the Toyota RAV4 crossover increased by 22% (3.5 thousand units), which allowed the model to take third place.

This was followed by Toyota Land Cruiser (+19%), Kia Sportage (+14%), Nissan X-Trail (+19%) and Renault Duster (+9%). The top 10 was rounded out by Volkswagen Tiguan (+15%), Nissan Qashqai (-2%) and Mitsubishi Outlander (+16%).

Most used SUVs are sold in Moscow, where the indicator grew by 26% year-on-year. In the Moscow region, sales increased by 19%. The Krasnodar Territory car market is in third place in terms of volume, where SUV re-registrations increased by 25%. In St. Petersburg, the aftermarket of SUVs added 19%, while the Republic of Tatarstan showed the fifth result (+24%).

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