Russians have become less likely to buy cars with a manual transmission

If in 2005 new cars with automatic transmission accounted for about 20% of sales in Russia — that's one in five cars — then by 2025 the share reached 70% for the first time, and by the end of the first half of 2025 it exceeded it. Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat analytical agency, told about this on June 30 in his Telegram channel.

By 2010, Automata's share had grown to a third of the market (33.6%). Further, it continued to increase until 2014, when it approached half of the market (49.1%). In 2020, the share reached 62%.

UAZ (100%) and Lada (82%) have the highest share of vehicles with manual transmission in 2025. At the same time, only 6% of Chinese-made cars are equipped with a manual transmission.

The Great Wall group has a 35% share of mechanical passenger cars on sale in 2025. He is followed in the ranking of Chinese brands by JAC (32%), Kaiyi (20%), BAIC (13%), Chery (10%), Haval (9%) and Jetour (7%). Moskvich also has a high share of mechanics (21%) and the St. Petersburg brand Solaris (17%).

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On June 27, auto expert Vadim Strelbitsky listed the signs of an imminent gearbox failure. One of the first signals is problems with shifting — the lever moves with effort, a crunch or a screech is heard, and the gears turn on indistinctly.