BMW has become the sales leader among premium cars in Russia for the first time since 2022

By the end of September 2022, BMW became the leader of the Russian car market in sales of new premium cars. The last time she wore this status was in April 2022, the analytical agency Autostat reported on October 28.

In total, 11 thousand new premium brand cars were sold in Russia in early autumn, which is 15% less than in the same month last year. Of these, 1,741 BMW cars were sold, which is 1.5 times more than in September 2024. Analysts recalled that official deliveries of BMW cars to Russia stopped more than three years ago, and now they are available only through alternative imports.

Exeed (-54%), which was in the lead in July and August, dropped to the second place in this rating with a September result of 1,652 units. This is followed by the Tank (1,529 units), whose sales have halved.

Hongqi (1,203 units; +69%) and Lixiang (1,141 units; -38%) rounded out the top five. Sales volumes of the remaining premium brands last month amounted to less than 1 thousand vehicles.

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The day before, it was reported that in September 2025, Russians spent 409.9 billion rubles on the purchase of new cars. This is the highest result in the last 11 months, since November last year. For the first time during this time, the indicator of the financial capacity of the market has exceeded the mark of 400 billion rubles.

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