Experts believe that in 2022, Lada cars will probably remain the bestsellers of the Russian market, but sales of other manufacturers, especially Chinese ones, are expected to grow.
Most likely, in 2022, the Lada brand will continue to remain the leader of the Russian market in terms of sales due to its affordable cost and low operating costs. Despite the fact that in 2022 sales are forecast to decline by 5-7%, such models as Lada Granta and Vesta will remain the leaders. In the premium segment, Lexus RX, Mercedes-Benz GLS, BMW X7, BMW X5, as well as Genesis GV70 and GV80 will be most in demand. Typically, customers in this segment purchase top-end configurations, and this trend will continue in 2022.
Independent expert of the transport industry Alexey Tuzov
According to him, by the end of 2021, Vesta was ahead of Granta in terms of the number of sales, since by December the implementation of this model was lower by only 3.3 thousand cars. The most popular among Russians is the Lada Vesta sedan in the Comfort configuration, in the second place - Classic, and in the third - the luxury configuration.
Cars from China may become very popular in 2022, sales of which in 11 months of 2021 grew to 109%. The restyled version of the Kia Rio sedan, as well as the Rio X cross-hatchback, claim to be the leader in sales in 2022 - according to the results of 11 months of 2021, sales of cars of this brand amounted to 75,885 units.
Head of the press service of the GC "AutoSpecCentre" Anna Utkina
She also noted that Russians often choose such SUV brands as Geely, Haval, Chery. This is due to the availability, high technical equipment of these cars, as well as regular updating of the model range.
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