The Ulyanovsk auto plant sold 2,206 vehicles in March, down 19% from a year ago. However, other manufacturers, including AvtoVAZ, showed a much stronger drop in sales. In March, AvtoVAZ sold 2.7 times fewer cars than it did a year earlier.
At the end of the first three months of 2022, 5,215 Ulyanovsk SUVs were sold in our country, which is 7% less than the year before. Nevertheless, UAZ’s share of the Russian market in Q1 was 1.9%, compared to 1.4% a year earlier.
The flagship UAZ Patriot SUV was bought by 767 people in March (23% less than a year earlier). As a result, it was one of the top 25 best-selling models on the Russian market.
Among UAZ light commercial vehicles, the UAZ SGR family remains the leader with 1,017 vehicles sold (up 5%). The light truck UAZ “Profi” has sold 194 units, which is 49% less than the year before.
In February, the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant began supplying customers with specialized vans based on the UAZ Profi with a three-row, five-seat cabin.