RUSSIAN CAR MARKET UNDER PRESSURE

[Ford Jellymoulds]

FORD SALES RISE BY A MASSIVE 20.2% JAN-AUG

 

Brand Performance

 

Year-to-date, the market continues to be dominated by local brand Lada

 

(up 3.2%), ahead of Chevrolet (up 38.7%), Hyundai (up 88.1%), Toyota

 

(up 23.5%) and Ford (up 20.2%). In a market that has expanded so

 

significantly, most brands have recorded YtD growth, with Seat, which

 

was only introduced to the market in August 2007, recording 7653%

 

growth

 

1. LADA 50,813 70,730 -28.2% 431,434 418,141 +3.2%

 

2. CHEVROLET 14,913 15,767 -5.4% 159,445 114,964 +38.7%

 

3. HYUNDAI 19,157 12,596 +52.1% 138,787 73,788 +88.1%

 

4. TOYOTA 18,189 13,520 +34.5% 122,506 99,210 +23.5%

 

5. FORD 10,927 8,077 +35.3% 120,569 100,271 +20.2%

 

6. NISSAN 12,674 10,030 +26.4% 102,464 71,220 +43.9%

 

7. RENAULT 7,691 8,275 -7.1% 74,568 61,849 +20.6%

 

8. MITSUBISHI 8,848 11,277 -21.5% 72,674 52,725 +37.8%

 

9. DAEWOO 8,804 8,815 -0.1% 71,274 59,297 +20.2%

 

10. OPEL 8,148 7,084 +15.0% 70,158 39,820 +76.2%

 

 

 

 

Model Performance

 

Lada holds four of the top five places in the market, with the Samara

 

leading the market from the evergreen 2105/2107 model, the newer

 

Priora, Kalina and the Ford Focus in fifth place.

 

 

 

 

1. LADA SAMARA 14,510 20,164 -28.0% 119,969 120,927 -0.8%

 

2. LADA 2105/2107 12,831 19,852 -35.4% 116,515 116,245 +0.2%

 

3. LADA PRIORA 12,307 8,864 +38.8% 82,610 24,412 +238.4%

 

4. LADA KALINA 7,688 8,553 -10.1% 61,896 46,861 +32.1%

 

5. FORD FOCUS 5,490 3,728 +47.3% 61,870 55,983 +10.5%

 

6. CHEVROLET LACETTI 5,632 4,026 +39.9% 57,120 25,484 +124.1%

 

7. RENAULT LOGAN 5,058 5,543 -8.7% 53,819 42,418 +26.9%

 

8. HYUNDAI ACCENT 7,606 3,474 +118.9% 53,155 27,399 +94.0%

 

9. MITSUBISHI LANCER 5,385 7,405 -27.3% 46,279 34,379 +34.6%

 

10. TOYOTA COROLLA 6,860 3,775 +81.7% 40,197 29,460 +36.4%

 

 

 

 

[Red Star]

Didn't Lada stop producing Samara few years ago?

[Ford Jellymoulds]

Didn't Lada stop producing Samara few years ago?

 

JATO will have to sack their staff if they did

http://www.jato.com/pressreleases/Russia%2...023.10.2008.pdf