The used car market decreased by 8% in Russia in August

In August 2026, 518.2 thousand used passenger cars were sold in Russia, which is 5.6% less than a month earlier and 8.4% lower than the result of August last year. ""This is stated in the report of the analytical agency "Autostat", which was received by Izvestia on September 18.

Lada continues to lead among the brands on the secondary market, with 113.3 thousand such used cars purchased in the last month of summer. The second place belongs to Toyota (56.8 thousand units), followed by Kia and Hyundai (30.5 thousand and 27.5 thousand units, respectively), as well as Volkswagen (24.9 thousand units). Nissan, Honda, Chevrolet, Renault and Ford rounded out the top ten.

In the top ten, almost all brands showed negative dynamics compared to the level of a month ago, ranging from 5.2% (for Ford) to 7.3% (for Lada). Only Kia recorded a slight increase (+0.6%). "" In annual comparison, eight brands were "in the red", and two were "in the black": the strongest decrease was recorded at Lada (-17.7%), and the weakest was at Toyota (-0.2%). Positive dynamics was noted only by Volkswagen (+2.8%) and Honda (+5.2%).

In total, Russians purchased 3.95 million used passenger cars in January-August, which is 2.2% more than in the same period of 2025. Over the past eight months, out of 10 leading brands, only Lada has recorded negative dynamics (-8.8%), while Volkswagen has added the most (+16.2%).

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The day before, it was reported that in the summer of 2026, demand for new electric vehicles and hybrids in Russia increased by 19.7% compared to the same period last year. The average price of such a model was 7 million rubles.