MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia sold 80,604 new passenger cars in January, down 9.5 percent year on year, according to industry data released Wednesday.
Domestic brand Lada remained the market leader, with sales totaling 19,644 units during the month, said Sergey Tselikov, director of Russian automotive analytical agency Autostat.
Chinese automaker Haval ranked second and led foreign brands with 10,726 vehicles sold, while in third place was Russia's new brand Tenet, with sales reaching 8,949 units.
Tselikov said the January performance of the Russian passenger car market was weak but largely expected, with the decline remaining within a "controlled" range of 10 percent.
He noted that demand had been significantly pulled forward in the autumn of 2025, as consumers rushed to purchase vehicles amid expectations of a price increase driven by higher recycling fees and a value-added tax hike.
