Russia's new car sales up 47% in 2024, agencies cite industry ministry
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Russia's new car sales surged 47% in 2024 to 1.55 million units. However, a 10% decline is expected in 2025 due to inflation and rising fees.
(Reuters) - Sales of new passenger cars in Russia increased by 47% year on year to 1.55 million units in 2024, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday, citing industry and trade ministry data.
New sales in 2025 are seen dropping by around 10% to 1.43 million units, Sergei Tselikov, head of Russian analytical agency Autostat, said in December, as high inflation and scrappage fees push prices up.
Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 drastically reshaped Russia's car market, with Western carmakers abandoning the country and Chinese ones swooping in to plug the production gap. Sales slumped in 2022 but have been steadily recovering.
(Reporting by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Toby Chopra)
The main topic is the significant increase in Russia's new car sales by 47% in 2024, with future predictions for 2025.
The increase is attributed to the recovery from the 2022 slump and the entry of Chinese carmakers into the market.
Sales are expected to decline by 10% in 2025 due to high inflation and scrappage fees.
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