In Russia, stocks of new foreign cars of the middle price category are almost exhausted, a little more than 300 are left The newspaper writes about it “News”.
According to the information on the websites of the official representative offices of Volkswagen, Kia, Skoda, Citroen, Opel, Renault and Hyundai, only 313 cars remained from the most popular and affordable models of the middle price segment in the whole country. According to the newspaper, currently the most in stock are Skoda Rapid – 127 and Volkswagen Polo – 93, Citroen C4 – 48 and Kia Rio – 45 slightly less.
At the same time, Renault Logan, Opel Astra and Vectra, Hyundai I and II are no longer in Russia.
As the association “Russian Auto Dealers” (ROAD) told the publication, the real stocks of these cars did not amount to thousands, but to them. They explained that on the websites of the representative offices, cars in stock, as well as those that are on order and still need to be imported into the country.
Yang Haytseer, vice president of the National Automobile Association, believes that it is possible to replenish car stocks with the help of parallel imports, but it is unprofitable to supply bulk segments to Russia. He explained that due to the cost mechanisms involved, these models are no longer available to bulk buyers, so they are not of economic interest to importers.
December reportedThere are 20-30 thousand new foreign cars for a month’s sale in Russia.