The import of right-hand drive cars to Russia exceeded the import of left-hand drive cars

Over the past three years, the share of right-hand drive vehicles in the total imports of used vehicles to Russia has amounted to 60.5%. Accordingly, the import of used left-hand drive cars accounts for 39.5%, said Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat analytical agency, in his Telegram channel on March 12.

According to the analyst, by 2022, 85% of used cars imported to Russia were left-hand drive vehicles.

Toyota and Honda right-hand drive cars imported from Japan have become the most popular. In total, they accounted for 68.8% of imports. Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Mazda were also actively driving, the expert said.

Most of the left-hand drive cars were imported from Germany and Korea. The leaders are BMW (16.3%), Volkswagen (7.2%), Mercedes-Benz (5.7%) and Audi (5.1%).

At the same time, Toyota, in addition to leading the ranking of right-hand drive imports, also entered the top left-hand drive (5.5% share). These machines were imported to Russia from different countries, not just from Japan, said Tselikov.

Zhduny brought down the car market: sales of new cars fell by a quarter

Expensive loans and the expectation of brands returning to Russia have reduced demand for cars

The day before, it was reported that in February, the average cost of a car with a mileage of no more than 15 years remained virtually unchanged for Russian, European, Japanese and Korean brands. At the same time, Chinese cars on the "secondary market" increased in price by 2.6%, to 3.74 million rubles.

Also on March 11, it became known that in February 2025, the most noticeable decrease in the average cost in the secondary market was recorded for the Haval F7 crossover of the first generation. Relative to the January values, Haval F7 fell in price by 4.5%, to 2.22 million rubles.