In April, the Russian automobile market will fall by 80%. Sergey Tselikov, CEO of the Avtostat analytical agency, told socialbites.ca based on vehicle registration statistics in the Russian Federation, which the agency monitors in real time.
“It’s not all bad yet. 80% [падения авторынка] – still good. Maybe later it will be 90%,” he said.
– the traffic police estimate Tselikov based on the registration statistics of vehicles in MREO.
The head of Avtostat noted that almost no new cars are delivered to the market – production and imports in April were close to zero. Now the assortment of cars in car dealerships consists of goods imported into the country before March. At the same time, the price of all models increased by 30-60% compared to the beginning of the year.
“The range does not attract buyers. Prices do not fall, otherwise the showrooms will remain empty. until the situation returns to normal. It all depends on the completion of the special operation, but after that it is possible to predict everything, ”Tselikov summarized.
How much are cars worth right now
Among the bestsellers on the Russian market of new cars cheaper than 1 million rubles, there is only the Lada Granta model. For example, St. Petersburg, the seller of Peter-Lada said:
The most affordable model in one of the first configurations is offered for 810 thousand rubles.
The Granta package will cost a little more, at 920 thousand rubles. In Moscow, the Tekhinkom dealer will offer to buy the Lada Vesta sedan in the basic version from the car dealership for 1 million 144 thousand rubles. This is only 20 thousand rubles. More expensive than the suggested retail price (RRP) from AvtoVAZ price lists.
The station wagon SW Cross with an “automatic” in one of the most expensive versions (Luxe) in the “Lada Center Kuntsevo” was estimated at 1.65 million rubles. For a Kia Rio sedan (comfort equipment with manual transmission) in Chelyabinsk, the Techno-Motors dealer asked for 1.65 million rubles, the official price of such a car is now 130 thousand rubles. smaller. However, the buyer does not expect such a price everywhere, Kazan “Kan Auto” offers a similar car, but in the maximum configuration it costs 2.1 million rubles.
A similar price range for the Hyundai Solaris. In Yekaterinburg, the cheapest sedan with mechanics for 1.52 million rubles was obtained from the dealer Okami Vostok. (of this amount 115 thousand rubles – dealer additional equipment). The Podolsk salon “Avtorus” sells Solaris in the maximum configuration for more than 2 million rubles.
To purchase a basic Volkswagen Polo, after the offer of the local Avtomir car dealership, a resident of Novosibirsk will need 1.6 million rubles.
At MB-Fastar, the maximum configuration of the Polo is estimated at about 2 million rubles.
Premium price dropped
The manager of the Moscow “Audi Center Taganka” said that the company is ready to sell the Audi A6 sedan for 6.2 million rubles. – this cost is added, taking into account the savings of several hundred thousand rubles, if the car is bought on credit.
True, there are several cars, for example, only a few BMW 5 Series sedans are left at the BorisHof dealership in the capital. The most affordable 520 versions are finished, only 530s are in stock: gasoline for 8.8 million rubles. and diesel – for 9.3 million rubles. (if you buy on credit).
Warehouses are emptying fast
Alexei Starikov, Deputy General Manager of New Car Sales of Avilon AG, told socialbites.ca that from the second half of April, some car models in dealerships remained in one copy.
The number of vehicles in the dealerships is melting before our eyes. Mass segment cars
up to 2 million rubles of value remained in warehouses for one and a half – two months of sales,
Starikov states.
In the Avtodom group of companies, Andrey Olkhovsky, managing director of the company, estimates that there will be enough cars in warehouses for 4-5 months.
“Car prices began to fall, but not systematically, but with a kind of Brownian movement. Pricing is currently regulated by dealers, not by importers,” he explains in an interview with socialbites.ca.
The cost of cars in the upper price segment increased by 50-60% on average. At Avilon, they say there are no prerequisites for price cuts today and the shortage of new cars will continue until importers establish supply chains. Olkhovsky, general director of Avtodom, said that, despite this, new plans for the supply of cars to Russia have not been developed.
“Any procurement plan that circumvents sanctions will be stalled with sad consequences. None of the automakers are ready to violate them, ”says the interlocutor.
Source: Gazeta
