Sales of used cars in Russia increased by 14% in April

In April, Russians purchased 542.2 thousand used passenger cars, which is 14.1% more than in March 2026, and 6.4% higher than in April last year. This is stated in the report of the analytical agency Autostat, which was received by Izvestia on May 21.

Lada is traditionally the leader among brands in terms of market volume, with 126.1 thousand used cars of the domestic brand purchased in the second spring month. Toyota retains the second place with a score of 56.4 thousand units. This is followed by Kia and Hyundai (29.7 thousand and 28.8 thousand units, respectively), Volkswagen closes the top five (24.5 thousand units).

Nissan, Honda, Chevrolet, Renault and Ford joined the top 10 brands in terms of used car sales in April.

According to analysts, all brands in the top ten showed an increase compared to the level of a month ago (over 10%). Kia had the strongest rating (+17.2%). In annual comparison, negative dynamics is observed only for Lada (-6.8%). The remaining nine brands showed growth, with Honda adding the most (+22.8%).

In just the first four months of 2026, Russians became owners of 1.86 million used passenger cars, which is 5.1% more than in January—April last year.

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Korean and European brands were most often bought for less than 1 million rubles.

As reported on May 8, 53.4 thousand new global brand cars were sold in Russia in the first four months of 2026, excluding Chinese, Belarusian and Russian ones. This is 2.4 times more than in January—April last year (+136%). The most popular of the brands whose cars are supplied to Russia unofficially is Toyota.