New passenger car sales in Russia decreased by 18% in August

Lada retains leadership with a huge advantage

In August 2025, 122.2 thousand new passenger cars were sold in Russia, which is 17.6% less than in the same period last year, according to Autostat analysts.

Lada retains leadership with a huge advantage, accounting for 22.6% of the total volume at the end of the summer - 27.6 thousand cars sold.

Haval regained the title of the most popular foreign brand, with 16 thousand units sold in August.

Chery dropped to third place (11.1 thousand units), followed by Geely (8.7 thousand units). The fifth place was taken by Belarusian Belgee with a figure of 7.8 thousand cars.

The top ten also included Changan (7 thousand units), Jetour (4.5 thousand units), Solaris (3.7 thousand units), Toyota (3 thousand units) and Omoda (3 thousand units).

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