The expert has calculated the number of Chinese car brands in Russia

From January to August 2025, 424.7 thousand new passenger cars of 64 Chinese brands were registered in Russia. Sergey Tselikov, director of the Autostat analytical agency, told about this in his Telegram channel on September 30.

According to the analyst, 34 brands supply their products officially, have dealer networks in Russia and guarantee cars. The cars of the remaining 30 brands were imported into the country under the alternative import scheme.

Haval is the market leader among Chinese brands in Russia with 93.1 thousand units, and it has a full-fledged production facility in the country. The second position is occupied by Chery (79.9 thousand units), which the expert called the most recognizable and "long-playing" brand in Russia. The third position went to the Geely brand (52.9 thousand units), which is considered the most technologically advanced and "Europeanized".

Changan, Jetour, Omoda, Exeed, GAC, Jaecoo and Tank also entered the top ten. At the end of the rating are brands such as Neta, Leapmotor, Luxeed, Xpeng and Arcfox (less than 10 cars each).

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Earlier that day, it became known that the Exeed Exlantix ET and ES models entered the "Russian Book of Records", setting a new national record for driving range on hybrid vehicles without recharging and refueling.

It was also reported on September 30 that, as Anton Alikhanov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, said, passenger cars of more than 20 brands are currently being produced in Russia, and about 50 models have been put on the assembly lines.

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