Today, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) published statistics on car sales in the country in April. As it turned out, on average, sales fell by 78.5% compared to April last year. So, if in April 2021 119,258 cars were sold, then in April of this year – only 32,706 cars.

The report clearly shows that for some brands, sales have practically stopped. For example, if in April 2021 2036 Lexus cars were sold, then in April of this year – only 62 cars. The drop in sales for this Japanese brand was 97%. The situation is no better for Volvo: 75 cars sold against 892 a year earlier. There is a 92% drop. The folk brands Volkswagen and Toyota simultaneously collapsed by 91%. However, there is one brand that has managed to double its sales under the current conditions! This is Chery’s Exeed. This April, 403 cars were sold against 200 cars in April a year earlier. Interestingly, Isuzu is also in the black, but by a more modest 33%.

And this is how the list of the 25 most popular car models among Russians looks like in April 2022.

The leadership of Lada is easy to explain by the fact that domestic cars, despite all the vicissitudes in the market, have not risen in price as much as cars of foreign brands. And they were also easier to find in stock, even though the factories were constantly going down.