Sales of premium cars in Russia fell by 35%

By the end of April 2025, 10.2 thousand new premium brand cars were sold in Russia. This is 35% less than in the same month last year, the analytical agency Autostat reported on May 30.

The entire Russian car market decreased by 26% during the reporting period. The share of the premium segment decreased from 11.4% (in April 2024) to 10% (in April 2025), analysts noted.

The Exeed brand became the leader in sales of premium cars in the middle of spring (2.9 thousand units; -35%). The second place in this rating is occupied by Tank (1.5 thousand units; -38%). This is followed by BMW (1.1 thousand units; -19%), Lixiang (990 units; -56%) and Mercedes-Benz (712 units; -16%).

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The day before, it was reported that in the first four months of 2025, 10.4 thousand Chinese-made passenger cars were imported to Russia. Import growth in this segment was 550%. In other words, this is 6.5 times more than in January – April last year, when 2.47 thousand used cars from China were imported into the country.