Overview
- January–October 2025 new-vehicle sales fell to 1.197 million units, down 22% year over year, according to the Industry and Trade Ministry.
- The domestic share of sales reached 55% for the period, with October registrations of locally built vehicles up 9% year over year to 100,700 as imports fell 22.8% to 82,700.
- AvtoStat reports 49,500 new passenger cars were imported in October, the highest monthly total of 2025 yet still 56% below October 2024, a surge linked by analysts to pre‑levy timing.
- Lada’s sales declined about 25% year to date to nearly 271,000, with October down 25.8% and the brand’s market share easing to just over 20%.
- Used-car prices averaged 790,000 rubles in October, down 3.7% since January, while the average new Chinese car price slipped to 3.57 million rubles and the average new Russian car price rose to 1.7 million rubles.