Chevrolet Niva in 9th place in sales in 2010.

Russians happy to compensate for the recent inability to afford a new car for the crisis. Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in 2010 rose by one third, according to the Association of European Businesses. Especially distinguished himself in December - the last month consumers bought 60% more cars than during the same period a year earlier. New owners for twelve months gained 1.9 million vehicles. Experts such activity did not expect buyers. - The rate of recovery of the Russian automotive market have exceeded our initial forecast, creating a steady positive trend of development, starting from April 2010 - said David Thomas, chairman of the Automobile Manufacturers Committee of the Association. At 2011, given the positive statistics, build even more optimistic forecasts. It is assumed that the dealers would leave 2.24 million vehicles. - Results of 2010 make us optimistic. As maintain high oil prices and strengthening the Russian economy, the Russians back confidence in the future, and purchasing habits began to grow again, - said Mark Ovenden, vice-chairman of the Committee. - Forecasts for 2011 is quite positive, unless, of course, the Russian economy and currency will continue to grow. We welcome the extension of recycling programs and used cars, preferential loans, which will certainly contribute to the development of the automotive industry, but it should be noted that 80% of sales in these programs have on low-cost automobiles traditional Russian producers. Russian plants have left no chance to foreign companies. In the top ten most popular models are made in nine of our country. 2105/2107 LADA - 136 006 (the number of units sold) Priora LADA - 125 235 Kalina LADA - 108 989 Samara LADA - 101 958 Focus FORD - 67 041 Logan RENAULT - 62 862 4x4 LADA - 44 635 Nexia DAEWOO - 43 943 Niva CHEVROLET - 35 380 Lacetti CHEVROLET - 31 885 Matiz DAEWOO - 30 476 Astra (incl. Astra Cabrio) OPEL - 30,432 Rio KIA - 29 165 Cee'd KIA - 26 647 Getz HYUNDAI - 24,243 Aveo CHEVROLET - 22 784 Qashqai NISSAN - 21 489 Sportage KIA - 20 274 ??Sandero RENAULT - 19 232 Cruze CHEVROLET - 18 857 Octavia A5 SKODA - 18,256 308 PEUGEOT - 17 427 RAV 4 TOYOTA - 16 479 Grand Vitara SUZUKI - 16 457 Corolla TOYOTA -16417 hardest in absolute terms rose "AvtoVAZ" - 48%, selling over 517,000 cars per year compared to 349 thousand a year earlier. Second place in this ranking is improvised KIA. Its result - 104 000 and 49% growth. In relative terms, the leaders - the Japanese ISUZU (284%), the Chinese Lifan (188%) and Chance (139%) that were previously sold under the name of Chevrolet Lanos. But these brands are selling relatively few cars - just 330, 7700 and 17 500 respectively. Losers of the past year - Geely (-75%), Iz (-52%), Chrysler (-48%), Hammer (-46%, sales stopped), Alfa Romeo (-46%), Dodge (-38%), Subaru (-11%), Cadillac (-5%). Rate of sales in 2010: LADA 517 147 116 233 CHEVROLET KIA 104 235 96 466 RENAULT FORD 90 166 87 081 HYUNDAI NISSAN TOYOTA 79 614 79 315 76 646 GAS DAEWOO 74 419 58 989 UAZ VOLKSWAGEN 49 043 45 631 MITSUBISHI SKODA OPEL 45 538 40 875 35 734 PEUGEOT SUZUKI 28 690 24 926 MAZDA FIAT 21 943 20 584 BMMW - Russian market predicted first place in Europe by number of units sold, - said Igor Remizov, a representative network of dealers. - The crisis is only slightly slowed down this process of intensive growth. So recover quickly helped the good work of vendors in conjunction with the banks - credit programs were very beneficial and accessible from the beginning of 2009. In Russia, the car - it's not just a means of transportation, and a status symbol. So many people waited in 2009 and did not lose my job, to meet this pent-up demand.