Foreign car sales in Russia up 53 pct in Jan

[Hurricane]

Foreign car sales in Russia up 53 pct in Jan

MOSCOW, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sales of foreign car brands in Russia rose by 53 percent year-on-year in January to 113,507 units, data compiled by the Association of European Businesses in the Russian Federation (AEB) showed on Thursday. The figures, compiled by the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee, include production of foreign-branded vehicles in Russia. Following are sales for the top-10 foreign car brands in Russia:

BRAND Jan 08 Jan 07 Pct FY 2007 FY 2006 Pct
Chevrolet (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 13,753 9,441 46 190,553 111,458 71
(including GM-Avtovaz joint venture)
Hyundai (005380.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) 12,698 6,091 108 147,843 100,685 47
Toyota (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research) 10,639 7,322 45 145,478 95,689 52
Ford (F.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 9,753 9,882 -1 175,793 115,985 52
Nissan (7201.T: Quote, Profile, Research) 8,563 4,465 92 116,498 75,514 54
Daewoo (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 7,194 6,301 14 91,302 66,717 37
Kia (000270.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) 6,446 4,467 44 78,616 59,993 31
Opel (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 5,802 2,118 174 66,329 19,983 232
Renault (RENA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) 5,691 3,794 50 101,166 72,484 40
Mitsubishi (7211.T: Quote, Profile, Research) 4,544 3,639 25 100,609 68,845 46
Total 113,507 74,237 53 1,645,630 1,019,629 61
NOTE - Foreign brands include vehicles produced in Russia.

More here: http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080214?rpc=44

[IROCNROL1]

The race is on. Consumers embracing capitalism while the government backslides toward communism.

[VCDJ]

Opel is starting to do so good. They should just change saturn name to opel here in america. I am sure it would sell better. But look at hynd. wow that is amazing. second best selling brand and one of the fastest growing brands. By the end of the year it could be best selling brand.

[paul8488]

GM in total (if you count Daewoo... which might not be valid for Russia) is at around 26,000, far and ahead oof any other manufacturer. I hope Chevrolet keeps growing and stays number one... even if it's Russia. Let Americans and their love of all things Camry keep pushing Toyota towards number one... Russia loves Chevrolet!

[Bravada]

Russia loves Camry too! Despite a total failure in Europe, sales of the Camry picked up so strong in Russia that Toyo built a whole new plant in St. Petersburg to supply the Russian market.

Please also note that those two make up the bulk of Chevrolet's Russian sales:




Hyundai has a large assembly facility in Russia too.

[Frankster177]

Originally Posted by IROCNROL1

The race is on. Consumers embracing capitalism while the government backslides toward communism.

More fascist like, like America

[AndrewGS]

Originally Posted by Bravada

Damn I'd love to have a Chevy Niva!