OREANDA-NEWS In May this year in the Russian market there were sold 4627 new passenger cars of Chinese brands which is 16,9% of all cars sold for this month. A year ago (May 2021) the share of "the Chinese" was only 6.9%, reports "Autostat" with reference to the data of JSC "Electronic Passport".

Thus, the share of Chinese cars on the Russian market has grown by 2.5 times over the year. Every sixth car bought in May this year is Chinese. In May, the Chinese cars by total sales bypassed the "Japanese", the share of which was 12.3%. Only Russian and Korean brands are higher (25.2% and 24.7%, respectively). Market share of German brands dropped the most: in May 2021, it was equal to 13.3%, now it is 6.8%.

Earlier the Chinese ambassador in Russia Zhang Hanhui promised an influx of Chinese cars in Russia. According to him, the Chinese carmakers have introduced many models that have become popular subsequently. He also stressed that car companies from China will continue to explore the Russian market.