In the first five months of 2022, the market shrank by 52 percent — 318,114 cars were sold. In May, almost all brands in the top 25 recorded a significant drop in demand.
The main factor behind this decline was the lack of cars at dealers or their acute shortage. The reason is that in March and April, most manufacturers stopped supplying cars and halted production on the territory of Russia.
Thus, in May, the domestic AvtoVAZ retained the lead, selling 6,012 new cars. This is 84% less than in the same period last year.
