Best-selling used cars in Russia in May are named

The Korean Kia Rio model became the bestseller of the Russian secondary car market in May 2026. This is stated in the report of the analytical agency Autostat, which was received by Izvestia on June 23.

Kia Rio sales in late spring totaled 9935 units. Another "Korean" was slightly inferior to it — Hyundai Solaris (9879 units). Next were Lada 2107 (9593 units) and Toyota Corolla (9284 units) with Ford Focus (8955 units).

The top ten was completed by Lada 2114 (Samara), 4x4 (Niva) and 2170 (Priora), as well as Toyota Camry and Lada 2190 (Granta).

Compared to April, all the presented models were "in the red" in terms of sales, and the Lada 4x4 SUV had the strongest decline (-14.2%). Compared to May 2025, six models are showing positive dynamics, and four are showing negative dynamics. Of the former, the Toyota Corolla has the best result (+19.4%), and the VAZ Seven has the worst result (-20.4%).

Secondary bifurcation: what do observations of the used car market demonstrate?

Sales of used passenger cars are growing, and the commercial segment is collapsing

As previously reported on this day, in May 2026, Russian residents purchased 511.5 thousand used passenger cars, which is 5.7% less than a month earlier, but 4.2% higher than the result of May last year.