Analysts named the most popular car brands among Russians
Analysts of the Zen content platform have found out how the preferences of Russians have changed when buying a car and which brands they have started to choose. Specialists have studied which brands the authors of the platform most often mentioned in their publications.
Thus, the most frequently mentioned car brand is Lada, writes Lenta.Ru. In second place in popularity among manufacturers -- CHERY, followed by Haval and Changan. At the same time, the number of publications about Jaecoo brand cars increased by 40%.
China, Japan, South Korea and Germany were among the top car manufacturing countries in terms of popularity.
Earlier in the day, Izvestia wrote that sales of a new subcompact crossover KGM Tivoli will begin in Russia in early 2025. The model range will include not only all-wheel drive, but also front-wheel drive cars, RT reports.
On January 10, it was reported that passenger car sales in 2024 rose by 48.4% to 1.57 million cars, which was the best performance since 2019, reports NSN.
The leadership is held by the domestic concern Lada, although its share of the market has decreased to 27.8%, giving way to Chinese brands, according to the website kp.ru. To date, the share of Chinese companies in the Russian car market has exceeded 60%, specifies 360.ru.
SsangYong cars were sold in Russia since the mid-1990s, in 2018 the brand officially left the market. The company's return to the Russian Federation was announced in early November 2024. In December, "Rex Motors" announced that in the first quarter of 2025 will bring to the market crossovers Korando and Torres.
