Sales of used cars have increased by 5.5% in Russia since the beginning of the year

In the first five months of 2026, 2.39 million used cars were sold in Russia. This figure is 5.5% higher than the results for the same period last year. This was announced by Sergey Udalov, Executive Director of the Autostat analytical agency, on June 17 at the ASP-2026 Forum conference, the Izvestia correspondent reports.

In the mass segment, the used car market grew by 4.5%, and in the premium segment — by 12.5%. At the same time, most of the transactions with used cars are for models older than 10 years, they account for 73% of all used cars sold, Udalov emphasized.

"There is an obvious increase in sales of used cars of Chinese brands. If in 2023 their share was 2%, now it is almost 6%," the expert noted.

At the same time, the volume of used car imports from China is growing, Udalov said. They currently account for 27% of the total number of used cars imported. At the same time, models of global brands, not Chinese, are mainly imported from China, among which Volkswagen is the leader with a share of 26.3%. The top five also included Audi, Toyota, Honda and BMW.

The most popular aftermarket models among Chinese cars are Chery (21% share), Geely, Haval, Changan and Lifan brands.

According to Udalov's forecasts, sales of used cars in Russia by the end of the year will amount to about 6 million units. Last year, 6.24 million used passenger cars were purchased in the country, and this figure is the best in the history of the secondary market monitoring.

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On the same day, it was reported that by the end of January – May 2026, 30.9 thousand new passenger cars of Japanese brands were registered in Russia. This is almost three times more (+195.5%) than in January – May of last year.