Sales of light commercial vehicles in Russia grew by 24% over the year
At the end of 2024, 112 thousand new light commercial vehicles (LCV) were sold in Russia. This is 24.4% more than in the previous year, according to the report of the analytical agency Avtostat, which was received by Izvestia on January 13.
More than half (53.8%) of the market in this segment belongs to the domestic brand GAZ (60.3 thousand units). It is followed by UAZ (17.5 thousand units), Lada (12 thousand units) and Sollers (10.2 thousand units). The best among foreign cars was the Chinese Dongfeng (2.3 thousand units).
In the top ten are the brands whose sales of light commercial vehicles in 2024 decreased, for example, Hyundai (-43.7%) and Mercedes-Benz (-4.4%), the remaining eight brands show positive dynamics, and the highest of them has Foton, which is located in the 10th place (almost 36 times - due to the low base of 2023).
GAZ Gazelle Next (36.1 thousand units) leads in the model ranking, accounting for almost a third of the total market. The first three were completed by Sollers Atlant (8.3 thousand units) and UAZ-3909 (8 thousand units).
January 10, it was reported that at the end of 2024 car sales in Russia were the best for the last five years. Last year, 1.57 million new cars were sold in the country. Before that, slightly more cars were sold in 2019 - 1.59 million units. Sales in 2024 were 48.4% higher than in 2023. Lada accounted for 28% of total sales.
