Russians have spent a record amount on new cars

In April, Russians spent a record amount in 2025 on the purchase of new passenger cars. Compared to March, it increased by 31.3% and amounted to 325.7 billion rubles. This was reported on May 27 by TASS with reference to a study by Gazprombank Autoleasing and the analytical agency Autostat.

The share of Chinese cars in the structure of financial capacity was 57.8%. Next in April's expenses are domestic brands (16.3%), European (14.4%), Japanese (5.4%), Korean (1.7%) and American (1.2%). At the same time, Russians' car purchase costs increased the most in relation to Korean brands — by 79.6% more than a month earlier (up to 5.5 billion rubles).

According to analysts, the April result was 24.4% less than a year ago (430.6 billion rubles in April 2024). In the first four months of 2025, the financial capacity of the market exceeded the mark of 1 trillion rubles, which is 28.8% less than in the same period last year.

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The day before, it was reported that in April 2025, Chinese brands in Russia provided large discounts on cars. The average discount was 730,000 rubles (21% of the total cost), while for Russian cars it reached 330,000 rubles (19%).