2017 is the first year that cars with an automatic transmission surpassed the sales figures of "mechanics" in terms of the number of sales. Although the excess is still insignificant (4.1%), a start has been made. And the experts of the Avtostat agency decided to name the winners, the top 10 popular cars with an automatic transmission in the vastness of our Motherland.
The list, in addition to classic automatic transmissions (aka automatic transmissions), also includes variator and robotic transmissions. In total, 566.4 thousand vehicles with automatic transmission have been sold since the beginning of 2017. This exceeds last year's figure by 2.5%.
10. Mazda CX-5
Opens the ranking of the most popular cars with automatic transmission Mazda CX-5. This compact crossover is currently the best-selling vehicle type. And in the summer of 2017, deliveries to Russia of a new, second generation CX-5 began, which, apparently, played a role in increasing sales by 15.6% compared to 2016. In total, 12.8 thousand cars of this brand have been sold since January 2017.
9. Nissan X-Trail
Although the third generation Nissan X-Trail, according to auto experts, is inferior to the previous ones both in terms of overall brutality and in terms of cross-country ability, this car still remains one of the best-selling crossovers in Russia. And this year is no exception: in 2017, 13.3 thousand copies were sold, and sales increased by 8.6%.
8. KIA Sportage
A very popular urban crossover model that has been produced since 1993. Each new generation of the model decisively breaks ties with the previous one, appearing on a new platform and a new body. The current third generation is still popular: since January 2017, 14.9 thousand copies have been sold, which is a good increase compared to 2016 - 36.3%.
7. Volkswagen Tiguan
The compact crossover, built on the Volkswagen Golf platform, saw a huge increase in sales in 2017 - by as much as 218%. This is the largest increase in sales among all the vehicles in the ranking. In total, over the past months since the beginning of 2017, 17.1 thousand copies of this model have been sold. You involuntarily ask yourself: what did Volkswagen do in 2016? After all, the first Volkswagen Tiguan was released exactly 10 years ago.
6. Volkswagen Polo
The Volkswagen Polo has always been popular in Russia - in the spring of 2017, the 400,000th car was produced at a plant near Kaluga. And this model continues to be popular - compared to 2016, sales increased by 10.8% and, since January 2017, amounted to 18.5 thousand cars.
5. Toyota Camry
In the spring of 2017, Toyota Camry went through another update, and in the next 2018, the manufacturer may release a new, ninth generation of the popular and iconic family sedan in Russia on the Russian market. In the meantime, sales of this car are at the same level. Since 2017, 21.4 thousand copies have been sold. Sales increased slightly - only 1.3%.
4. Toyota RAV4
All-wheel drive (depending on the configuration) compact crossover from Toyota ranks fourth in the list of the most popular cars with automatic transmission in 2017. Once the Toyota RAV4 was positioned as a small car for young professionals and students who are inclined to spend time in nature. However, since then, its dimensions have grown significantly. And the car itself has turned from a youth car into a workhorse, capable of taking to work, and driving to the supermarket, and driving to the dacha.In 2017, 22.4 thousand copies were sold, which was an increase of 7.9% compared to the previous year.
3. Hyundai Creta
The most popular crossover in the rating, Hyundai Creta, was positioned as a model "for everyone", starting from the balance of comfort / cross-country ability and ending with a pleasant price. This positioning has borne fruit, and sales of Creta for the months that have elapsed since the beginning of 2017 have grown 4.8 times, reaching 27.3 thousand cars, ahead of the previous crossover rating by almost 5 thousand copies.
2. Hyundai Solaris
In the second place in the rating of the best-selling cars with automatic transmission in Russia is another "brainchild" of Hyundai - the Solaris sedan (aka Hyundai Accent in Europe and Asia) with a six-speed automatic transmission. Since January 2017, 32.3 thousand copies have been sold. It is worth noting that Hyundai Solaris sales were down 18% from the previous year. Perhaps the reason was the popularity of its twin brother, KIA Rio. Or the general, unremarkable workhorse design. However, next year the updated Solaris will appear on the car market - one of the most anticipated cars of 2018 and sales of the brand can increase significantly.
1. KIA Rio
For many years now, the cars of the Korean company have been breaking sales records in the territory of the Russian Federation. So the rating of the most popular cars with an automatic transmission in 2017 was no exception. On the first line is the KIA Rio, a double of the second place in the rating, a front-wheel drive small class car with a sedan or hatchback body. The model successfully combines the advantages valued by the Russian motorist - excellent design, comfortable interior, moderately fast driving at a relatively low price. Since the beginning of 2017, 44.7 thousand cars of this brand have already been sold.