Toyota is among the top ten leaders of the Russian car market

The Toyota brand has entered the top ten brands of the Russian market in terms of sales, this happened for the first time since October last year, the analytical agency Autostat reported on June 2.

Thus, according to the results of the 22nd week of 2025 (from May 26 to June 1), 416 new Toyota passenger cars were sold in Russia, while the Japanese brand cars are not officially supplied to the country. At the end of the week, the brand took 10th place in the rating.

Lada is in first place with a score of 6613 units, followed by Haval (2650 units), Chery (2390 units), Geely (1720 units) and Changan (1651 units). The figures for each of the remaining brands amounted to less than 1 thousand copies. The top ten was completed by Belgee, Jetour, Omoda, Solaris and the already mentioned Toyota.

In just 22 weeks, 23.7 thousand new passenger cars were sold in Russia. This is 9% more than a week earlier, but 28% less than in the same period of 2024, the analysts added.

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Earlier, on May 30, Maxim Kadakov, editor-in-chief of Za Rulem magazine, denied reports that Toyota was returning to the Russian market. He pointed out that dealers transport cars to the country "in parallel" with the payment of commercial scrap, and also provide a dealer warranty for two years (the manufacturer is not responsible for it).