The sales of foreign-branded cars in Russia rose 54% on the year to 454,069 cars in January-March, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) in Russia said in a report obtained by Prime-Tass Thursday.
AEB is an independent non-commercial organization whose members are businessmen from the E.U. and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) with business activities in Russia.
The most popular foreign automobile brand in Russia in the period was Ford Focus with 20,109 cars sold. Chevrolet Lacetti ranked second with 19,950 cars sold, and Renault Logan ranked third with 18,078 cars sold.
Sales of foreign-branded cars in Russia rose 61% on the year to 1.65 million units in 2007, Russia’s Economic Development and Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina said January.