New car sales in Russia for January-July 2026 increased by 10% year-on-year, reaching 815,100 units, the Industry and Trade Ministry said in a statement. The domestically produced car market exceeded 516,000 units during the reporting period, representing a 26.5% increase compared to the same period last year. "The share of Russian vehicles in January-July 2026 increased by more than 8 percentage points compared to the same period last year, reaching 63.4%," the ministry noted. In January-July, sales of passenger cars increased by 13.3% to 732,100 units, sales of light commercial vehicles decreased by 17.2% to 48000, sales of trucks reached 29,300 (-6.7%), sales of buses totaled 5,700 buses (-3.5%). July resultsIn July, the new vehicle market in Russia totaled 135,000 vehicles, 0.3% higher than in July last year and 5.5% higher than in June this year.