The Marussia is a sports car, designed and developed in Russia by Marussia Motors, the first Russian manufacturer of the premium-class vehicles.

The sales of new passenger vehicles and small commercial cars on the Russian market went up by 28 percent in the first eleven months of the year. The number of cars sold from January until November was

1 706 254. Sales were 189 902 in November, a figure reflecting an 80-percent increase on a year-on-year basis.

According to the Automobile Manufacturers Committee of the Association of European Business, sales are expected to be on the rise for the final weeks of 2010. The revised forecast for 2010 projects the number of vehicles sold at 1.9 million. This figure is much higher than what has originally been predicted. The overall growth of the auto market in relation to 2009 will be at around 30 percent. Sales in November of 2010 were the highest since December 2008.

Experts credit the resurgence of the Russian automotive market to the increased availability of financing plans, as well as the introduction of the “cash-for-clunkers” scrappage scheme.

Even though the market now appears to have stabilized, analysts believe that it is too early to say that the crisis has completely passed. Only sustained growth in the number of sales over the course of the next several months will show that the market has fully recovered.  

Nine of the ten most popular models of cars sold on the Russian market in 2010 are manufactured domestically.

The sales of AvtoVAZ increased by 45 percent to November 2010, reaching 467 550 cars. The growth in November was 107 percent, and total vehicle sales in that month were 49 534 units. The best-selling car for the month of November was the Lada Priora, as a total of

11 753 cars of that make and model were sold in Russia. Sales were boosted by the availability of the scrappage scheme. The effect of the scrappage scheme introduced in June on sales has been the greatest for the Lada 2105/2107 Classic car. In November, Russian consumers purchased 11 737 of these autos. The sales of Lada Classic increased by nearly 99 percent on a year-on-year basis in the eleven months of the year, reaching 124 200 cars. Since the start of the year, there were 97 406 Lada Kalina vehicles sold, putting the growth for that model at 73 percent. The growth in sales for the Lada Priora model was 24 percent, as 113 325 cars of that kind were sold. The total sales of Lada Samara were

92 653 cars, bringing the growth figure to 11 percent year-on-year. The sales of Renault Logan increased by 15 percent to finish at 56 119 for the first eleven months of the year. The Lada 4X4 car sold 39 646 units from January to November, demonstrating sales growth of 68 percent. The Deawoo Nexia model saw a 5-percent increase, with sales of 39 659 cars, and Chevrolet Niva a 43-percent increase, as the number of vehicles sold climbed to 31 428.

The most popular of the foreign-brand cars sold in Russia was the Ford Focus. From January to November 58 682 Focus vehicles were sold in the country, an increase of 24 percent year-on-year. Sales in November alone were 6 348 cars.

The sales of the KIA Rio vehicle produced at the plant in Kaliningrad rose by 227 percent to 29 965 cars. The KIA Sportage make witnessed a 60 percent increase in sales, with 18 859 cars sold. Suzuki Grand Vitara experienced an increase in sales of 36 percent to 14 934 cars. Toyota RAV1 had an 86-percent increase, with total sales rising to 14 668 cars. The sales of the Skoda Octavia A5 vehicle rose 88 percent to 15 604 units. At the same time, the sales of Toyota Camry decreased by 2 percent to 14 654 cars.  

The Chevrolet brand as a whole experienced a rise in sales to 103 681 units from the start of the year through November. November sales for Chevrolet stood at 12 298. KIA’s sales increased by 55 percent in the eleven months, reaching 96 545 units. The year-on-year rise for KIA for the month of November was 27 percent, as the brand sold some 9 200 cars. Renault’s sales went up by 29 percent to end at 85 058 since the start of the year and 9 900 in November. The sales of Hyundai for the eleven months of the year grew 16 percent, ending at 77 679 cars. November sales for the Korean automaker exhibited a 7-percent growth and reached 8 527 cars.

Toyota experienced 2-percent growth since the start of 2010, with sales of 70 789 cars. November sales increased 94 percent on a year-on-year basis, reaching 8 083 cars. Nissan’s sales rose by 13 percent to 69 291 units sold. The growth for November was 178 percent, as buyers purchased 9 149 Nissan cars. Daewoo registered a 44-percent increase in sales, with the eleven-months figure of 67 508 vehicles. November sales increased 65 percent, reaching the number of 6 271. The German automaker Volkswagen had an increase in sales of 43 percent. Total sales were 52 219 cars. November sales grew 157 percent year-on-year to 6 703. Skoda also increased sales by 38 percent to 41 520. The growth for November alone was 43 percent, as 3 498 vehicles were sold in Russia. Mitsubishi’s sales rose by 3 percent during the year to 40 224 and by 121 percent to 5 311 during the month of November. Opel posted sales growth of 9 percent for the eleven months, as 35 341 cars were sold. Opel’s growth for November was 316 percent, with 5 442 cars sold. Peugeot experienced an increase in sales of 15 percent, as a total of 32 016 of the brand’s vehicles were sold. Year-on-year sales expansion for November stood at 118 percent, with sales reaching 3 465 vehicles. The sales of Suzuki increased by 13 percent since the start of the year, reaching 25 607 cars. The Japanese auto manufacturer’s sales fell 7 percent to only 2 874 vehicles for the month of November.