Sales of new luxury cars decreased in Russia

According to the results of the first quarter of 2025, 115 new Luxury cars were sold in Russia, which is 9% less than in the same period last year. This was reported on April 11 by the analytical agency Autostat.

According to experts, in March, the market for new luxury cars showed a decline for the first time this year. If in January it increased by 35%, and in February it remained at the level of a year ago (an increase of 18% in two months, then in March it fell by 30%).

The most popular luxury car brand in three months was Rolls-Royce with a score of 40 cars. Bentley is second in the ranking (34 units), and Lamborghini is third (28 units). Also, 12 new Ferraris and one Maserati were sold in the first quarter.

The bestseller among luxury models was the Rolls-Royce Cullinan crossover, which resulted in 28 copies sold. It is followed by the Lamborghini Urus (24 units), the Bentley — Bentayga and Continental GT models (17 and 15 units, respectively), as well as the Rolls-Royce Spectre (7 units).

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Why has the purchasing activity of Russians decreased?

The day before, it was reported that in January—March 2025, 213 Chinese car dealerships were closed in Russia due to the loss of investors. This is more than in the whole of 2023 (187 car dealerships), and three times more than in the first quarter of last year (67 showrooms).

On April 7, it became known that the average price of a new car in the first quarter of 2025 was 2.96 million rubles. Compared to the same period last year, Moskvich (-14.7%) and Omoda (-4%) cars lost the most significantly in price among the brands.