Market collapse accelerates to -83.5% – Best Selling Cars Blog

The Geely Coolray is up to a record 14th place in May.

Economic sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine continue to wreak havoc on Russian new car sales, accelerating their collapse to -83.5% vs. -78.5% in April and -62.9% in March. Only 24,268 new vehicles were registered this month, the lowest monthly figure since potentially the 1960s or 1970s. The year-to-date tally is now down -52% to 318,114 units. Brand leader Lada (-84.3%) falls slightly faster than the market but shows a strong market share at 24.8% vs. 21.1% year-to-date. Kia (-80.8%) and Hyundai (-82.1%) for their part drop a little slower than the market rate to complete the podium. GAZ (-56.9%) and UAZ (-40.8%), locals that are both stronger in the Light Commercials segment, fare markedly better than the market and rank #4 and #6 respectively vs. #8 and #12 year-to-date. Chinese brands are also less affected, with Geely (-54.7%) up 9 spots on April to a record 7th place, the highest monthly ranking ever reached by a Chinese carmaker. The brand smashes its record share, lifting it from 2.4% last October to 3.7% this month. It is followed closely by Haval (-71.8%) up two spots to a record #8, also reached in November 2021. Skoda (-91.6%) and Volkswagen (-93.6%) round out the Top 10 in paltry fashion. Other carmakers beating the market include Changan (-27.4%), breaking its share (1.3%) and ranking (#15) records, Jeep (-63%), Genesis (-63.5%), FAW (-67.3%) and Infiniti (-70.7%)

Over in the models ranking, the Lada Granta (-82%) passes the Lada Vesta (-84.7%) to establish itself in the YTD pole position while the GAZ Gazelle (-64.7%) is up three spots on April to a fantastic third place. The Kia Rio (-82%) is up one to #4, the Hyundai Creta (-79.1%) is up two to #5 and reclaims the title of best-selling SUV in Russia off the Lada Niva (-82.1%) down three to #6. The UAZ Classic Commercial (-10.4%) posts the best performance in the Top 10 and climbs to #8 overall, while the GAZ Sobol (-14.1%) does almost as well at #10 (+7). The Kia Sportage (-73.1%) is up 10 ranks on last month to #12, the Kia Seltos (-71%) is up two to #13, the Geely Coolray (-49.4%) leaps up to a record #14 and the Haval Jolion (+269.6%) celebrates one year in market at #16. The Hyundai Tucson (+76.6%) is the only additional gainer in the Top 30, thanks to the new generation.

Previous month: Russia April 2022: Economic sanctions see market imploding -78.5%

One year ago: Russia May 2021: Lada hits highest market share in over 10 years, sales up 12.6% on two years ago

Full May 2022 Top 45 All-brands and Top 30 models below.

Russia May 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	May-22	%	/21	Apr	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Lada	6,012	24.8%	-84.3%	1	67,230	21.1%	-58.0%	1	1
2	Kia	3,606	14.9%	-80.8%	2	41,868	13.2%	-53.2%	2	2
3	Hyundai	2,916	12.0%	-82.1%	3	37,092	11.7%	-48.4%	3	3
4	GAZ	1,890	7.8%	-56.9%	5	13,119	4.1%	-31.5%	8	8
5	Renault	1,789	7.4%	-85.7%	4	26,412	8.3%	-53.5%	4	4
6	UAZ	1,302	5.4%	-40.8%	6	8,137	2.6%	-21.5%	12	14
7	Geely	907	3.7%	-54.7%	16	6,883	2.2%	-5.7%	15	17
8	Haval	892	3.7%	-71.8%	10	10,015	3.1%	-21.3%	10	12
9	Skoda	805	3.3%	-91.6%	7	13,990	4.4%	-67.3%	6	6
10	Volkswagen	579	2.4%	-93.6%	9	13,787	4.3%	-66.0%	7	7
11	Mazda	488	2.0%	-77.9%	15	6,370	2.0%	-50.1%	17	15
12	Toyota	456	1.9%	-93.8%	11	18,167	5.7%	-53.6%	5	5
13	Nissan	415	1.7%	-89.2%	13	12,165	3.8%	-42.7%	9	9
14	Mitsubishi	370	1.5%	-82.5%	8	6,984	2.2%	-25.0%	13	16
15	Changan	321	1.3%	-27.4%	18	1,855	0.6%	-8.1%	21	26
16	Ford	238	1.0%	-84.5%	12	4,661	1.5%	-28.7%	18	18
17	Audi	185	0.8%	-87.8%	19	2,790	0.9%	-62.1%	19	20
18	Peugeot	130	0.5%	-82.8%	20	1,587	0.5%	-50.7%	24	23
19	Dongfeng (DFM)	115	0.5%	new	24	497	0.2%	new	35	45
20	Genesis	88	0.4%	-63.5%	21	738	0.2%	-28.6%	31	30
21	Suzuki	87	0.4%	-90.7%	22	1,303	0.4%	-66.0%	25	21
22	FAW	86	0.4%	-67.3%	23	701	0.2%	-34.2%	33	32
23	Citroen	84	0.3%	-79.4%	25	994	0.3%	-42.9%	30	29
24	Subaru	80	0.3%	-86.3%	26	1,060	0.3%	-62.2%	27	27
25	Great Wall	71	0.3%	n/a	32	257	0.1%	n/a	42	–
26	Infiniti	56	0.2%	-70.7%	30	707	0.2%	-24.5%	32	36
27	Jeep	50	0.2%	-63.0%	31	427	0.1%	-36.3%	36	38
28	Land Rover	40	0.2%	-93.6%	34	1,060	0.3%	-62.6%	28	24
29	Volvo	38	0.2%	-95.9%	28	1,632	0.5%	-54.8%	23	22
30	Opel	33	0.1%	-81.5%	36	427	0.1%	-30.5%	37	35
31	Porsche	26	0.1%	-95.2%	33	1,211	0.4%	– 58.2%	26	25
32	Volkswagen Vans	25	0.1%	-95.9%	35	1,023	0.3%	-62.5%	29	28
33	Lexus	20	0.1%	-98.9%	29	1,758	0.6%	-80.6%	22	19
34	Honda	17	0.1%	-85.7%	41	303	0.1%	-50.3%	40	39
35	Isuzu	12	0.0%	-85.7%	27	379	0.1%	44.7%	38	43
36	GAC	9	0.0%	-85.9%	38	185	0.1%	-23.9%	43	42
37	Lifan	7	0.0%	-89.7%	37	48	0.0%	-87.0%	–	44
38	Hino	7	0.0%	n/a	40	88	0.0%	n/a	48	49
39	Jaguar	6	0.0%	-88.2%	42	109	0.0%	-37.0%	46	46
40	Iveco	5	0.0%	-88.1%	39	112	0.0%	-47.4%	45	47
41	Fiat	2	0.0%	-97.6%	43	104	0.0%	-78.3%	47	40
42	Brilliance	2	0.0%	-77.8%	44	6	0.0%	-92.4%	–	48
43	Foton	1	0.0%	0.0%	45	7	0.0%	-75.9%	–	51
44	Zotye	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	1	0.0%	-96.8%	–	50
45	Chrysler	0	0.0%	n/a	–	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	52
46	Hyundai LCV	0	0.0%	n/a	–	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	53
–	Chery (May data n/a)	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	6,722	2.1%	-45.3%	16	13
–	Cheryexeed (May data n/a)	n/a	n/a	n/a	17	2,715	0.9%	195.1%	20	31
–	Cadillac (May data n/a)	n/a	n/a	n/a	–	162	0.1%	-83.2%	44	34
–	Chevrolet (May data n/a)	n/a	n/a	n/a	–	266	0.1%	92.8%	41	41
–	BMW (reports quarterly)	n/a	n/a	n/a	–	8,414	2.6%	-22.7%	11	10
–	Mercedes (reports quarterly)	n/a	n/a	n/a	–	6,919	2.2%	-39.3%	14	11
–	Mini (reports quarterly)	n/a	n/a	n/a	–	510	0.2%	-27.9%	34	33
–	Mercedes Vans (reports quarterly)	n/a	n/a	n/a	–	349	0.1%	-0.9%	39	37

Russia May 2022 – models:

Pos	Model	May-22	%	/21	Apr	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Lada Granta	2,305	9.5%	-82.0%	1	20,082	6.3%	-64.8%	1	2
2	Lada Vesta	1,538	6.3%	-84.7%	2	19,796	6.2%	-56.1%	3	1
3	GAZ Gazelle	1,307	5.4%	-64.7%	6	10,223	3.2%	-37.3%	7	7
4	Kia Rio	1,202	5.0%	-82.0%	5	19,879	6.2%	-48.1%	2	3
5	Hyundai Creta	1,197	4.9%	-79.1%	7	12,413	3.9%	-60.6%	5	4
6	Lada Niva	1,102	4.5%	-82.1%	3	12,350	3.9%	-50.0%	6	6
7	Hyundai Solaris	754	3.1%	-87.9%	4	16,360	5.1%	-37.9%	4	5
8	UAZ Classic Commercial	686	2.8%	-10.4%	10	3,653	1.1%	-10.0%	24	n/a
9	Lada Largus PC	642	2.6%	-86.8%	9	8,018	2.5%	-53.0%	10	11
10	GAZ Sobol	583	2.4%	-14.1%	17	2,896	0.9%	1.5%	n/a	n/a
11	Renault Duster	561	2.3%	-85.2%	13	9,731	3.1%	-34.4%	8	10
12	Kia Sportage	560	2.3%	-73.1%	22	3,990	1.3%	-68.0%	22	17
13	Kia Seltos	502	2.1%	-71.0%	15	4,981	1.6%	-33.7%	15	27
14	Geely Coolray	473	1.9%	-49.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
15	Skoda Rapid PA II	444	1.8%	-90.1%	12	6,614	2.1%	-64.0%	12	9
16	Haval Jolion	425	1.8%	269.6%	26	4,404	1.4%	3729.6%	20	n/a
17	VW Polo	397	1.6%	-92.2%	14	8,221	2.6%	-63.4%	9	8
18	Hyundai Tucson	362	1.5%	76.6%	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
19	Renault Logan	361	1.5%	-87.6%	8	5,714	1.8%	-60.0%	13	14
20	Mazda CX-5	359	1.5%	-70.9%	25	4,801	1.5%	-42.8%	16	22
21	Kia Cerato	316	1.3%	-69.4%	21	3,240	1.0%	-28.0%	28	n/a
22	Renault Sandero	315	1.3%	-86.0%	28	3,949	1.2%	-65.7%	23	18
23	Renault Kaptur	301	1.2%	-83.1%	n/a	3,523	1.1%	-58.0%	26	25
24	UAZ Patriot	275	1.1%	-70.3%	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
25	Lada XRAY	256	1.1%	-90.3%	19	3,595	1.1%	-67.9%	25	19
26	Renault Arkana	250	1.0%	-85.1%	n/a	3,436	1.1%	-54.0%	27	26
27	Kia Soul	247	1.0%	-76.5%	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28	Ford Transit	238	1.0%	-84.5%	11	4,661	1.5%	-28.7%	18	20
29	Kia Sorento	227	0.9%	-84.7%	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
n/a	Mitsubishi Outlander	183	0.8%	-83.5%	18	4,295	1.4%	-29.8%	21	n/a
n/a	Toyota RAV4	165	0.7%	-92.7%	29	7,419	2.3%	-54.9%	11	12
n/a	Nissan Qashqai	156	0.6%	-89.8%	n/a	5,342	1.7%	-34.5%	14	21
n/a	Nissan X-Trail	152	0.6%	-88.7%	31	4,532	1.4%	-24.2%	19	24
n/a	Toyota Camry	119	0.5%	-96.5%	n/a	4,703	1.5%	-59.5%	17	13

Source: AEB