Chinese premium cars have almost disappeared from alternative imports

In the first 9 months of this year, the supply of new cars worth over 7 million rubles decreased by 40% in the alternative import segment, although it remains stable among the brands officially represented on the Russian market. If in the case of the latter, manufacturers from China account for the entire supply, then in terms of alternative imports, their share has fallen from 23% to 2% since the beginning of the year. <url> experts told Izvestia about this on October 29.

In the new car segment, the total supply decreased by 37% in the first half of the year, after which a smooth recovery began — from June to September, growth was 7%, analysts estimated.

The number of new car offers from 3 million to 5 million rubles ranged from 36% in January to 31.7% in May and back to 35% in September. At the same time, the share of cars more expensive than 7 million rubles remained at the level of 7% for the entire period, experts said.

A year ago, the Zeekr 001, Lixiang L9 and Voyah Dream electric hatchback aroused the greatest interest among users in the segment of new cars starting from 7 million rubles, then in 2025 Mercedes-AMG G-Class, Range Rover and Tank 500 were at the top of the list. The share of German models in this part of the market has increased from 38% to 51% since January.

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The day before, it was reported that by the end of October in Russia, sales of new passenger cars in Russia could reach about 160 thousand units. In the first nine months, the average price of new cars increased by 2.5% and amounted to 3.2 million rubles.

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