The expert assessed the growth of the share of domestic cars in the Russian market

Over the past year, Russia has seen a noticeable increase in the share of domestic brands in the supply of new cars, largely due to the emergence of new localized brands. In the summer of 2026, it approached 40%, which is 10 percentage points higher than a year earlier and almost twice as high as in the summer of 2024. Artem Khomutinnikov, sales manager of the New Cars department at Avito, told Izvestia on September 1.

According to him, the share of Chinese brands, on the contrary, is decreasing: from 72% in the summer of 2024 to 47% in the summer of this year.

"User interest in new cars remains high. In the first seven months of 2026, demand grew by 12% year-on-year. Chinese brands remain the main driver of growth, with demand for them increasing by 27%. The market leader, Lada— has grown by 2%," Khomutinnikov said.

Among the brands represented on the new car market, Lada accounts for the largest share of ads — at the end of the summer it was 23%, the same as a year ago. Another 14% are Haval cars, the leader among foreign brands. The Russian brand Tenet took 11% of the offer. For comparison, Chery's share reached 17% in the summer of 2024. As for other popular brands, Changan accounts for 6% of the supply, Jaecoo — 5%, Jetour — 4%, Tank — 2%.

"For individual models, Lada Granta, Vesta, Niva Legend, Niva Travel, Largus and Iskra are of the greatest interest among domestic cars. Among the most popular localized models are the Tenet T4L and T7, Solaris HC, Moskvich 3 and Solaris KRX. At the same time, among Chinese cars, users are now noticeably interested in the Haval Jolion, Omoda C5, Exeed RX, Geely EX5 EM-i, Tenet T8, Haval M6 and Jaecoo J7 models," the expert listed.

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