The Russian car market is cooling: for a week, sales of cars fell by 12%
Trucks and "light commercial" also sagged - only buses grow, and then not in annual terms
The Russians stopped actively buying new cars. Over the past week, a little more than 23 thousand passenger cars were sold - this is 12.2% less than a week earlier, and immediately 28.6% lower than a year ago. Such data was shared by the director of “AUTOSTAT” Sergey Tselikov.
The case from last year's database
The expert explains: a year ago in autumn there was a rush of demand, so now the numbers naturally look weaker. And this negative trend in annual terms will be repeated regularly. Incentives for market growth in 2026 are not yet visible.
Trucks and LCVs are also down
Commercial transport follows cars. Light commercial vehicles (LCV) sold 1,547 units - minus 1.2% for the week and minus 21.6% year-on-year. Trucks - 905 units: a fall of 8.1% for the week and 20.2% in annual terms.
The only bright spot is the buses. They were registered 201 pieces, which is 22.6% more than a week earlier. However, year to year still minus 16.9%.
For the Kemerovo region, the decline in sales of commercial vehicles is not an abstract statistic. Trucks and LCVs here operate on the transportation of coal, building materials and goods, and fleet renewal is directly related to business costs. When the market cools down, entrepreneurs postpone the purchase of equipment “for later” – and this is felt throughout the chain.
In general, in September, AUTOSTAT expects stability at the level of August or a slight increase. But the autumn boom, like last year, will no longer be.
