There are no small cars left in Russia 15:09

In Russia, the share of new small cars fell to 0.01% of the entire domestic market. In this respect to write With reference to Izvestia, Avto.ru Business analysts. It is stated that the popularity of new small cars in the domestic market reached its peak in 2022, but as of February 2024, their number decreased by 89% and the number of existing models decreased by 58.5%.

“With the development of parallel imports, dealers began to show interest in small car imports. However, the price, already far from being low, rose even higher and reached 1.6 million rubles by mid-2022, continuing to grow and reaching an average of 2.33 million rubles by February this year. “Such prices, of course, do not contribute to high sales, because at such a price small cars compete with much more practical B-class cars,” said Avto.ru Business development director Daniil Shkurygin.

The decline in market share is due to the departure of Western manufacturers from the Russian Federation. At the same time, companies in the Middle Kingdom were not offering small-capacity alternatives to Russia.

In February, the most advertised among new small cars were the Kia Picanto at 2.27 million rubles, the Toyota Raize at 2.65 million rubles and the Kia Stonic at 1.68 million rubles. At the same time, the share of second-hand small cars in the secondary market increased almost 3 times, reaching 2.8% of the total number of cars on the market. The bestsellers were the Daewoo Matiz, Toyota Vitz and Toyota Passo (1.09 million rubles each), popular among couriers for 259 thousand rubles.

Analysts before this guessHe said that in the next three to four years, sales of new cars with manual transmissions in Russia will reach a minimum level. Only 34% of new cars from European countries in 2022 are equipped with this equipment. The share of new vehicles with manual transmission in the domestic market is 30-35%.

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