Russia's auto output up 27% in first nine months of 2026
Moscow, Oct 23. Production of passenger cars in Russia grew by more than 27% in the first nine months of this year, reaching almost 660,000 units, said Anton Alkhankov, head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Consensus
- Production of passenger cars in Russia increased by more than 27% in the first nine months of 2025.
- Total automotive production in Russia exceeded 764,000 vehicles in the first nine months of 2024.
- The Russian government approved an updated strategy for the development of the automotive industry until 2035.
- The strategy aims to increase annual production to at least 2.8 million vehicles and improve technological independence.
- The top five Russian auto dealers generated over 443 billion rubles in sales during the first half of 2026.
- Rolf was the top auto dealer by revenue in the first half of 2025, with 144.3 billion rubles.
Points of divergence
- The top five auto dealers in Russia sold over 19,000 new cars in the first half of 2024. — tg_mash
- Rolf's sales of new cars increased by 60% compared to the previous year. — tg_mash
- Rolf returned to previous levels of used car sales. — tg_mash
- The government approved the updated automotive strategy on 31 August. — vedomosti
- The strategy aims to achieve 80% technical independence for passenger cars by 2030 and 90% for light commercial vehicles, trucks, and buses. — vedomosti
- Ministry of Industry and Trade data on production are based on estimates from auto manufacturers, not Rosstat. — interfax
- Rosstat's data for January–August 2024 showed 507,000 passenger cars produced, implying a lower monthly average than the Ministry's figures. — interfax
Coverage (5 sources)
- Top five largest Russian car dealers raised over 443 billion rubles in six months. The gap between first and second places... — Mash
- Production of passenger cars in 2026 grew by 27%, Alihanov indicated — Вести
- Vehicle production in Russia increased by 22.4% over nine months — Ведомости
- Alikhanov: production of passenger cars in Russia grew by more than 27% over nine months — Коммерсантъ
- Production of passenger cars in the Russian Federation grew by 27% in the first nine months — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Russia
- Anton Alikhankov
- Moscow
- Ministry of Industry and Trade
- INTERFAX.RU
- Interfax
- GC
- Rolefa
- Svetlana Vinogradova
- Russian Industrialist