In Russia, sales of six automakers fell at least 20 times.

In the middle of the summer of this year, sales of six car brands decreased by 20 times or more in the Russian market. Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat analytical agency, told about this in his Telegram channel on August 13.

Thus, sales of new Chery brand cars in July amounted to 710 units, which is 95% less than in July last year (13.5 thousand units). In just seven months, sales fell by 90% (6634 units). The Russian brand Tenet became Chery's replacement in Russia.

The Knewstar brand, created specifically for Russia, sold 28 cars in July (-95%). The January-July ha volume decreased by 49% (to 1,728 units). The brand is represented by one model with the 01 index, which is based on Geely Tugella.

Another Xcite brand developed in Russia (the Chery Tiggo 7 and 8 models produced at the ex-Nissan plant, presented by Lada dealers) sold 80 X-Cross 7 and X-Cross 8 crossovers in mid-summer. In seven months, 1,938 units (-81%).

The fourth brand with the largest drop in sales was SWM. In July, only 11 cars were registered, which is 97% less than in July last year (412 units). Sales in seven months amounted to 242 units (-93%).

In addition, the Livan brand sold only nine cars (-40%) in July and 287 in seven months (-74%). Also, in the middle of summer, only three Kaiyi cars were registered, which is 403 times less than in July last year. Since the beginning of the year, only 74 cars of this brand have been sold (-98%).

Acceleration and deceleration: the car market reached a record high in July

Since the beginning of the year, more than 730 thousand new cars have been sold in Russia.

As reported on August 12, if Russia is taken into account when considering the European car market, then by the end of July it took the fifth place in the ranking of countries in terms of new car sales.