Hyundai Sonata leads, breaks all records in market up 28% – Best Selling Cars Blog

The Hyundai Sonata is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in March.

New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan soar 28% year-on-year in March to 10,704 units, leading to a year-to-date off -7% to 22,370 due to social unrest at the start of the year which triggered a -53% fall in January. Hyundai (+69.5%) easily beats the market to remain ultra-dominant with 30.2% share and breaks its all-time volume record at 3,232. Chevrolet (-20%) rallies back up two spots on February to #2, ahead of Kia (+273.2%) and Lada (+348.7%) both in spectacular shape. Renault (+35.6%) and JAC (+31.5%) also outpace the market in the remainder of the Top 10 whereas Nissan (-3.8%) dips down. Notice newcomers Chery (+9) breaking into the Top 10 for the first time at #10 and Haval stable at #11.

Model-wise, the Hyundai Sonata (+431.9%) breaks its volume (1,085) and share (10.1%) records to lift to the pole position for the first time and is now also #1 year-to-date. The Chevrolet Cobalt (-6.3%) is back up three spots to #2 both for the month and YTD, it distances the Hyundai Accent (-2.9%) and Lada Granta (+2248%). The Hyundai Tucson (+919.2%) also displays surreal growth as do the Kia Cerato (+31800%) and Chevrolet Trailblazer (+800%). The VW Polo (+48.6%) and Hyundai Elantra (+35.6%) also beat the market in the remainder of the Top 10, as does the Lada Vesta (+54.7%) just below. The Chevrolet Equinox (#20) leads recent launches above the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 (#22), Kia Sorento (#23) and Chery Tiggo 8 (#24).

Previous month: Kazakhstan February 2022: Hyundai monopolises Top 4 in market up 3.8%

One year ago: Kazakhstan March 2021: Chevrolet reclaims control of market up 21.7%

Full March 2022 Top 35 All-brands and Top 165 All-models below.

Kazakhstan March 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Mar-22	%	/21	Feb	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Hyundai	3,232	30.2%	69.5%	1	6,874	30.7%	8.4%	1	2
2	Chevrolet	1,729	16.2%	-20.0%	4	2,889	12.9%	-53.9%	2	1
3	Kia	1,269	11.9%	273.2%	5	2,358	10.5%	181.4%	3	4
4	Lada	1,243	11.6%	348.7%	3	2,323	10.4%	58.2%	4	5
5	Toyota	693	6.5%	-40.7%	2	2,144	9.6%	-27.5%	5	3
6	Volkswagen	382	3.6%	9.1%	6	876	3.9%	10.7%	6	6
7	Renault	339	3.2%	35.6%	8	681	3.0%	4.0%	7	9
8	Nissan	304	2.8%	-3.8%	7	676	3.0%	-17.0%	8	8
9	JAC	259	2.4%	31.5%	9	556	2.5%	-26.0%	9	10
10	Chery	234	2.2%	new	19	306	1.4%	new	13	38
11	Haval	186	1.7%	new	11	440	2.0%	new	10	16
12	Kamaz	165	1.5%	33.1%	13	333	1.5%	82.0%	11	13
13	BMW	144	1.3%	48.5%	12	307	1.4%	33.5%	12	14
14	Lexus	105	1.0%	-57.0%	10	286	1.3%	-38.6%	14	11
15	Hyundai Truck & Bus	47	0.4%	161.1%	18	141	0.6%	10.2%	19	18
16	Mitsubishi	40	0.4%	-54.5%	16	148	0.7%	-39.1%	17	15
17	Mercedes	38	0.4%	5.6%	23	80	0.4%	-12.1%	21	21
18	UAZ	34	0.3%	-49.3%	17	151	0.7%	-35.5%	16	12
19	Subaru	31	0.3%	-32.6%	20	80	0.4%	60.0%	20	17
20	GAZ	24	0.2%	-93.3%	15	217	1.0%	-68.7%	15	7
21	Porsche	24	0.2%	100.0%	29	32	0.1%	14.3%	26	27
22	Cadillac	22	0.2%	214.3%	28	32	0.1%	10.3%	25	26
23	Infiniti	21	0.2%	-53.3%	14	146	0.7%	30.4%	18	19
24	Audi	20	0.2%	66.7%	31	31	0.1%	10.7%	27	31
25	Golden Dragon	20	0.2%	-67.7%	–	20	0.1%	-82.1%	32	25
26	Mercedes Trucks	15	0.1%	66.7%	30	20	0.1%	-16.7%	31	36
27	Paz	13	0.1%	-7.1%	26	32	0.1%	-41.8%	24	22
28	Man	12	0.1%	200.0%	–	13	0.1%	225.0%	33	41
29	Mazda	11	0.1%	-63.3%	21	48	0.2%	-49.5%	22	20
30	Land Rover	10	0.1%	-33.3%	25	32	0.1%	-33.3%	23	24
31	Yutong	10	0.1%	n/a	27	21	0.1%	5.0%	30	29
32	Isuzu	9	0.1%	12.5%	24	22	0.1%	15.8%	29	28
33	Hino	7	0.1%	-61.1%	22	25	0.1%	-32.4%	28	30
34	Volvo	4	0.0%	33.3%	35	8	0.0%	14.3%	34	40
35	Liaz	4	0.0%	n/a	–	4	0.0%	n/a	36	44
36	Ural	4	0.0%	100.0%	–	4	0.0%	-33.3%	37	37

Kazakhstan March 2022 – models:

Pos	Model	Mar-22	%	/21	Feb	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Hyundai Sonata	1,085	10.1%	431.9%	2	1,598	71.4%	145.8%	1	16
2	Chevrolet Cobalt	938	8.8%	-6.3%	5	1,442	64.5%	-51.1%	2	1
3	Hyundai Accent	741	6.9%	-2.9%	1	1,434	64.1%	-46.7%	3	3
4	Lada Granta	587	5.5%	2248.0%	8	913	40.8%	504.6%	6	15
5	Hyundai Tucson	530	5.0%	919.2%	3	1,222	54.6%	20.4%	4	12
6	Kia Rio	505	4.7%	91.3%	7	824	36.8%	13.2%	8	5
7	Hyundai Creta	423	4.0%	-16.9%	12	895	40.0%	-35.1%	7	7
8	VW Polo	321	3.0%	48.6%	13	628	28.1%	19.4%	10	11
9	Kia Cerato	319	3.0%	31800.0%	122	333	14.9%	1485.7%	18	43
10	Hyundai Elantra	274	2.6%	35.6%	4	1,187	53.1%	184.0%	5	8
11	Lada Vesta	266	2.5%	54.7%	9	669	29.9%	3.7%	9	10
12	Chevrolet Trailblazer	252	2.4%	800.0%	65	275	12.3%	343.5%	20	54
13	Toyota Land Cruiser Prado	231	2.2%	-31.0%	10	571	25.5%	-22.8%	11	14
14	Lada Largus	200	1.9%	426.3%	17	419	18.7%	19.0%	16	13
15	Kia K5	175	1.6%	17400.0%	16	382	17.1%	4675.0%	17	36
16	Chevrolet Nexia	147	1.4%	-83.2%	6	565	25.3%	-78.9%	12	2
17	Toyota RAV4	144	1.3%	-44.4%	11	526	23.5%	-22.3%	14	9
18	Chevrolet Tracker	143	1.3%	16.3%	34	200	8.9%	-19.7%	28	30
19	Renault Duster	139	1.3%	65.5%	25	278	12.4%	33.0%	19	22
20	Chevrolet Equinox	131	1.2%	new	58	179	8.0%	new	31	35
21	Nissan X-Trail	129	1.2%	19.4%	22	270	12.1%	-10.6%	22	20
22	Toyota Land Cruiser 300	128	1.2%	new	24	206	9.2%	new	27	38
23	Kia Sorento	120	1.1%	new	15	434	19.4%	new	15	24
24	Chery Tiggo 8	110	1.0%	new	51	159	7.1%	new	34	167
25	Nissan Qashqai	108	1.0%	-15.0%	19	252	11.3%	-18.4%	23	19
26	Chery Tiggo 7Pro	108	1.0%	new	59	129	5.8%	new	40	140
27	Lada 4×4	104	1.0%	550.0%	27	186	8.3%	-35.6%	30	21
28	Hyundai Palisade	84	0.8%	new	20	211	9.4%	new	26	59
29	JAC J7	81	0.8%	636.4%	42	191	8.5%	223.7%	29	28
30	Chevrolet Damas	77	0.7%	156.7%	33	143	6.4%	85.7%	37	33
31	Toyota Camry	75	0.7%	-80.0%	14	552	24.7%	-51.4%	13	4
32	Renault Arkana	74	0.7%	236.4%	49	161	7.2%	83.0%	33	34
33	Renault Kaptur	70	0.7%	233.3%	37	144	6.4%	182.4%	36	44
34	BMW X5	68	0.6%	78.9%	36	125	5.6%	71.2%	41	53
35	Kia Sportage	67	0.6%	-9.5%	21	221	9.9%	183.3%	24	17
36	Nissan Terrano	65	0.6%	-13.3%	48	143	6.4%	-25.1%	38	23
37	Haval F7X	62	0.6%	new	45	105	4.7%	new	45	50
38	Haval Jolion	60	0.6%	new	29	171	7.6%	new	32	60
39	Lada Niva	60	0.6%	new	70	75	3.4%	new	55	71
40	Toyota Hilux	58	0.5%	81.3%	35	150	6.7%	72.4%	35	32
41	JAC S5	56	0.5%	43.6%	50	87	3.9%	-47.9%	51	39
42	BMW X7	53	0.5%	32.5%	47	94	4.2%	-4.1%	50	48
43	Kia Seltos	51	0.5%	n.a	62	76	3.4%	7500.0%	54	79
44	Hyundai Santa Fe	49	0.5%	-72.2%	18	271	12.1%	41.1%	21	18
45	JAC T6	48	0.4%	700.0%	26	132	5.9%	169.4%	39	49
46	Hyundai Staria	45	0.4%	new	85	55	2.5%	new	64	–
47	KAMAZ 4311	42	0.4%	n/a	32	107	4.8%	n/a	44	52
48	Renault Sandero	37	0.3%	-32.7%	68	56	2.5%	-60.3%	63	41
49	Toyota Corolla	35	0.3%	-47.0%	52	78	3.5%	-14.3%	53	31
50	Lexus RX	33	0.3%	-72.3%	23	111	5.0%	-50.0%	43	26
51	Lexus LX	33	0.3%	-40.0%	41	75	3.4%	-22.7%	56	63
52	KAMAZ 6511	33	0.3%	n/a	60	68	3.0%	n/a	57	40
53	Haval H9	33	0.3%	new	101	51	2.3%	new	65	104
54	Haval F7	31	0.3%	new	40	113	5.1%	new	42	47
55	VW Taos	31	0.3%	new	38	83	3.7%	new	52	78
56	KAMAZ 4325	30	0.3%	n/a	64	48	2.1%	n/a	66	103
57	JAC N56	29	0.3%	38.1%	77	45	2.0%	2.3%	68	75
58	Hyundai EX9	27	0.3%	800.0%	75	41	1.8%	720.0%	72	110
59	Lada XRAY	26	0.2%	1200.0%	55	61	2.7%	1120.0%	59	65
60	Chevrolet Labo	26	0.2%	52.9%	71	56	2.5%	64.7%	61	73
61	GAZ Gazelle	24	0.2%	-93.2%	28	217	9.7%	-68.2%	25	6
62	Subaru Forester	24	0.2%	-40.0%	66	43	1.9%	-2.3%	70	46
63	KAMAZ 5490	21	0.2%	950.0%	83	32	1.4%	300.0%	76	146
64	VW Tiguan	20	0.2%	-79.8%	31	101	4.5%	-50.2%	47	25
65	Lexus NX	20	0.2%	-33.3%	89	28	1.3%	-37.8%	78	82
66	Kamaz 4514	20	0.2%	n/a	104	24	1.1%	n/a	82	77
67	Golden Dragon XML	20	0.2%	-67.7%	–	20	0.9%	-82.1%	93	72
68	Mitsubishi Outlander	19	0.2%	-68.3%	44	95	4.2%	-44.8%	49	29
69	Renault Logan	19	0.2%	-70.8%	67	42	1.9%	-73.8%	71	37
70	Cadillac Escalade	18	0.2%	350.0%	87	27	1.2%	22.7%	79	87
71	Kia Soul	16	0.1%	n/a	56	56	2.5%	2700.0%	62	84
72	Kia Picanto	16	0.1%	new	69	32	1.4%	new	77	132
73	Chery Tiggo 4	16	0.1%	new	138	18	0.8%	new	96	–
74	UAZ Bukhanka	15	0.1%	-59.5%	43	99	4.4%	-18.9%	48	27
75	Toyota Highlander	15	0.1%	275.0%	53	47	2.1%	422.2%	67	58
76	Lexus ES	14	0.1%	-44.0%	39	59	2.6%	-24.4%	60	62
77	JAC N80	13	0.1%	0.0%	139	22	1.0%	15.8%	86	97
78	JAC S3	13	0.1%	-81.2%	111	19	0.8%	-90.5%	94	42
79	Porsche Cayenne	13	0.1%	333.3%	134	15	0.7%	-6.3%	103	102
80	Mercedes S-Class	12	0.1%	140.0%	123	17	0.8%	183.3%	97	137
81	MAN TG	12	0.1%	200.0%	–	13	0.6%	225.0%	107	139
82	Mazda CX-5	11	0.1%	-15.4%	61	37	1.7%	-32.7%	73	61
83	Mitsubishi Pajero Sport	11	0.1%	0.0%	90	22	1.0%	-37.1%	88	95
84	Chevrolet Spark	11	0.1%	450.0%	124	15	0.7%	650.0%	102	57
85	Paz 3203	11	0.1%	n/a	–	11	0.5%	n/a	112	–
86	Infiniti QX80	10	0.1%	-71.4%	30	103	4.6%	14.4%	46	55
87	Hyundai H350	10	0.1%	42.9%	109	36	1.6%	-48.6%	75	80
88	Yutong ZK-Series	10	0.1%	n/a	78	21	0.9%	5.0%	91	83
89	Hyundai EX8	9	0.1%	350.0%	46	62	2.8%	588.9%	58	92
90	BMW X6	9	0.1%	200.0%	57	43	1.9%	87.0%	69	66
91	UAZ Cargo	9	0.1%	125.0%	80	23	1.0%	76.9%	85	117
92	Audi Q8	9	0.1%	350.0%	–	12	0.5%	71.4%	108	142
93	Mercedes V-Class	9	0.1%	200.0%	127	12	0.5%	20.0%	109	152
94	KAMAZ 53605	8	0.1%	-50.0%	156	9	0.4%	-43.8%	116	107
95	Subaru Outback	7	0.1%	n/a	54	37	1.7%	n/a	74	70
96	Hino 300	7	0.1%	-61.1%	63	25	1.1%	-26.5%	80	86
97	Infiniti QX50	7	0.1%	-22.2%	74	23	1.0%	21.1%	83	88
98	Mercedes GLE	7	0.1%	-46.2%	92	21	0.9%	-47.5%	89	81
99	BMW 5 Series	7	0.1%	-22.2%	82	18	0.8%	5.9%	95	106
100	UAZ Hunter (3151)	7	0.1%	n/a	141	14	0.6%	-6.7%	105	94
101	JAC S7	6	0.1%	-68.4%	79	25	1.1%	-54.5%	81	67
102	Mercedes G-Class	6	0.1%	50.0%	98	14	0.6%	7.7%	104	116
103	Isuzu NMR	6	0.1%	n/a	116	9	0.4%	50.0%	114	145
104	JAC N120	6	0.1%	-14.3%	148	8	0.4%	14.3%	124	127
105	JAC Sunray	5	0.0%	66.7%	88	23	1.0%	-83.8%	84	56
106	Mitsubishi ASX	5	0.0%	0.0%	84	16	0.7%	0.0%	98	90
107	Lexus GX	5	0.0%	-61.5%	94	13	0.6%	-40.9%	106	98
108	Toyota C-HR	5	0.0%	-54.5%	106	9	0.4%	-60.9%	120	100
109	Porsche Macan	5	0.0%	150.0%	147	8	0.4%	60.0%	126	159
110	Mercedes Actros	5	0.0%	0.0%	157	6	0.3%	-33.3%	131	151
111	Audi A6	5	0.0%	-16.7%	–	5	0.2%	-50.0%	142	160
112	KAMAZ 53504	5	0.0%	n/a	–	5	0.2%	n/a	143	193
113	Land Rover Discovery Sport	5	0.0%	n/a	–	5	0.2%	n/a	144	186
114	Infiniti QX55	4	0.0%	new	76	20	0.9%	new	92	175
115	Mitsubishi L200	4	0.0%	-66.7%	102	10	0.4%	-50.0%	113	93
116	Mercedes E-Class	4	0.0%	0.0%	142	9	0.4%	28.6%	117	163
117	Mercedes GLS	4	0.0%	-42.9%	143	9	0.4%	-57.1%	118	101
118	Audi E-Tron	4	0.0%	100.0%	114	8	0.4%	300.0%	122	169
119	Mercedes GLC	4	0.0%	100.0%	146	7	0.3%	133.3%	127	165
120	Ural АЦ5,0-40	4	0.0%	new	–	4	0.2%	new	153	–
121	LIAZ 529265	4	0.0%	new	–	4	0.2%	new	154	–
122	VW Teramont	3	0.0%	n/a	73	21	0.9%	n/a	90	135
123	VW Touareg	3	0.0%	n/a	86	16	0.7%	n/a	100	109
124	UAZ Patriot	3	0.0%	-88.0%	140	11	0.5%	-86.7%	111	45
125	Volvo XC60	3	0.0%	200.0%	145	7	0.3%	133.3%	128	161
126	KAMAZ 43502	3	0.0%	n/a	118	6	0.3%	n/a	130	196
127	Cadillac XT5	3	0.0%	n/a	151	4	0.2%	100.0%	147	162
128	KAMAZ 6520	2	0.0%	-86.7%	72	22	1.0%	4.8%	87	85
129	BMW X3	2	0.0%	n/a	81	15	0.7%	150.0%	101	129
130	Nissan Murano	2	0.0%	-66.7%	93	11	0.5%	-8.3%	110	118
131	VW Caravelle	2	0.0%	-33.3%	91	9	0.4%	-25.0%	121	130
132	Chevrolet Malibu	2	0.0%	-92.3%	99	8	0.4%	-89.5%	123	51
133	Isuzu D-Max	2	0.0%	-71.4%	103	6	0.3%	-33.3%	129	111
134	Chevrolet Traverse	2	0.0%	n/a	125	5	0.2%	-16.7%	135	123
135	Range Rover Evoque	2	0.0%	n/a	128	5	0.2%	n/a	140	192
137	Toyota Hiace	2	0.0%	-83.3%	119	5	0.2%	-77.3%	141	121
138	BMW X4	2	0.0%	n/a	130	4	0.2%	0.0%	146	144
139	Porsche Taycan	2	0.0%	-50.0%	135	4	0.2%	0.0%	149	149
140	Porsche Panamera	2	0.0%	100.0%	–	3	0.1%	200.0%	157	178
141	Porsche 911 Carrera	2	0.0%	0.0%	–	2	0.1%	0.0%	172	210
142	Range Rover	1	0.0%	-90.0%	97	16	0.7%	-33.3%	99	99
143	PAZ 3204	1	0.0%	n/a	100	6	0.3%	n/a	132	89
144	PAZ 4234	1	0.0%	n/a	113	6	0.3%	n/a	133	153
145	Land Rover Defender	1	0.0%	-50.0%	105	5	0.2%	-72.2%	137	120
146	Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross	1	0.0%	new	144	5	0.2%	new	139	156
147	BMW 7 Series	1	0.0%	-50.0%	115	4	0.2%	0.0%	145	180
148	VW Crafter	1	0.0%	-66.7%	120	4	0.2%	-42.9%	151	164
149	VW Multivan	1	0.0%	-66.7%	121	4	0.2%	-20.0%	152	147
150	Audi Q5	1	0.0%	n/a	–	2	0.1%	0.0%	159	189
151	Hyundai QV	1	0.0%	0.0%	154	2	0.1%	-83.3%	162	154
152	JAC N35	1	0.0%	-88.9%	155	2	0.1%	-80.0%	164	148
153	JAC S4	1	0.0%	new	159	2	0.1%	new	165	–
154	Mercedes Sprinter	1	0.0%	0.0%	158	2	0.1%	-60.0%	168	177
155	Audi S8	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	177	243
156	BMW X1	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	178	172
157	Cadillac XT6	1	0.0%	-66.7%	–	1	0.0%	-80.0%	179	150
158	Isuzu NQR	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	0.0%	180	227
159	KAMAZ 65225	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	181	223
160	Mercedes GLA	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	182	238
161	Range Rover Sport	1	0.0%	-66.7%	–	1	0.0%	-83.3%	183	138
162	Volvo S90	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	184	213
163	Hyundai Genesis	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	185	–
164	BMW iX	1	0.0%	new	–	1	0.0%	new	186	–

Source: AKAB