Sales of new cars in Kazakhstan rose 6.3% in August 2026 compared with the same month last year. The Chevrolet Cobalt held on to first place among models, while the Changan CS35 MAX entered the top three, according to infohub.kz.

In August, official dealers sold 19,100 new passenger and commercial vehicles, up from 18,000 a year earlier. Hyundai led the brands with 3,604 vehicles (+1.3%). Chevrolet came second with 2,764 cars (+5.9%). Changan climbed to third place, more than doubling sales to 2,217 vehicles.

Kia dropped to fourth. Dealers of the brand sold 1,556 cars, down 25.9% from last year's result. Chery rounded out the top five with 1,129 vehicles (+34.4%).

The rest of the top 10 best-selling brands included: Toyota with 1,121 vehicles (+8%); Haval with 897 (+4.9%); Jetour with 865 (-6.8%); Geely with 815 (-9.4%); and BYD with 620 (+41.6%).

MG posted an even sharper increase, up 132.8%. In absolute terms, however, the brand's result remains modest: 142 cars.

In the model ranking, the top three remained unchanged from July. The Chevrolet Cobalt took first place with 2,603 vehicles. It was followed by the Hyundai Tucson (1,643) and the Changan CS35 MAX (1,186).

Fourth was the Hyundai Mufasa with 708 vehicles, while the Hyundai Elantra completed the top five with 651 cars.

The top ten best-selling models also included the Kia Sportage (646), Haval Jolion (588), Toyota Camry (583), Changan CS55 Plus (453) and Kia Cerato (350).

Since the start of the year, the market has continued to show positive dynamics. From January to August, 146,400 new vehicles were sold in Kazakhstan, 2.3% more than in the same period of 2025.

Hyundai remains the largest brand, but its sales fell noticeably to 24,563 vehicles, or 21.8%, compared with January–August 2025.

Chevrolet ranks second with 23,205 vehicles (+16.2%), and Kia third with 16,380 (+5.1%).

Changan moved into fourth place with 14,144 vehicles, more than double last year's result (+102.1%). Chery completed the top five with 10,815 vehicles (+16.4%).

BYD sales also grew markedly: in the eight months, dealers sold 3,208 vehicles, 133.3% more than a year earlier.

Anar Makasheva, president of the Kazakhstan Automobile Union, notes that further fleet renewal largely depends on the availability of financing.

According to her, rising auto loan rates increase the financial burden on buyers and can restrain demand. The KAU believes it is important to develop not only traditional auto loans but also manufacturer and dealer programs, trade-in, leasing and other tools that allow buyers to replace old cars with new ones.

Earlier, Kursiv Auto reported which other cars besides the Cobalt became sales hits in Kazakhstan in July.