Sales of used cars in Russia increased in a month

In February 2026, Russian residents purchased 411.9 thousand used passenger cars. This is 5.7% less than a month earlier, but 3.7% higher than in February last year. This is stated in the report of the analytical agency Autostat, which was received by Izvestia on March 19.

Lada still retains the leadership among the brands in terms of the volume of cars resold in the country. Over the last winter month, 96.2 thousand of these used cars were purchased. Toyota also retains the second place, with an indicator of 43.7 thousand units.

Then, having similar results, Kia and Hyundai follow (23.2 thousand and 22.8 thousand units, respectively). Volkswagen closes the top five (18.7 thousand units). Nissan, Honda, Chevrolet, Renault and Ford rounded out the top ten.

In the top ten, eight brands show negative dynamics relative to the level of a month ago, and Renault is stronger than the others (-19.5%). Only Toyota and Honda were in the black (+8.2% and +79.7%, respectively). In annual comparison, only Lada (-9.2%), Ford (-0.9%) and Chevrolet (-0.2%) lost, while Honda gained the most (+31.3%).

In just two months of 2026, residents of the Russian Federation became owners of almost 849 thousand used passenger cars. This is 3.9% more than in January-February last year.

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By the end of January 2026, 437 thousand used passenger cars were sold in Russia, which is 4% more than in January 2025. Almost a quarter (24.2%) of the secondary car market at the beginning of the year was accounted for by the Lada brand (105.6 thousand cars).

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