Experts: Passenger cars in the Russian Federation decreased in 2014

The market for new cars in the Russian Federation in 2014 decreased by 2013 by 8% to 2.338 million pieces, TASS reports with reference to the study of the Avtostat rating agency.

The market of light commercial cars, calculated the agency, decreased by 15% to 140 thousand units. Sales of new trucks decreased by 21% to 88 thousand units. Bus sales fell by 25% to 11 thousand pieces.

The crisis in the automotive market, continuing since the beginning of 2013, went deeper in 2014 against the backdrop of a difficult economic and political situation in the country, imposing sanctions, falling oil prices and, as a result, growth of foreign currencies in relation to the ruble and accelerated inflation. In this regard, the car concerns were forced to raise prices for cars, which also affected sales. Twice in 2014 - in March and November - the car market grew due to the delayed demand against the background of waiting for prices. The rest of the time, the market fell significantly, reaching a mark of -23% month to a month. The recycling program, launched since September 2014, has helped reduce the rate of fall, but did not lead to the restoration of the market.

According to analysts, the market of used cars, on the contrary, increased in 2014 by 6% to 6.1 million cars, light commercial - by 4% to 469 thousand cars, and freight - by 5% to 319 thousand pieces.

The market for used buses decreased by a percentage of 26 thousand cars in 2014.

"The annual results of the market of new cars was affected by the record December. In the last month of the year, sales amounted to almost 280 thousand pieces (+9% by December 2013). And this is excluding cars that" left "in Belarusian and Kazakhstan. Thus, it became a record month in the history of the Russian car market (256 thousand passionate dealers were sold as much as possible a month as possible. cars), ”comments Andrey Toptun, head of the Autostat AD analytics department.