Sales of passenger cars in Russia fell by 40%

[DARPA]

According to the Association of European Businesses (AEB), the February sales of cars and light commercial vehicles (LCV) in Russia fell by 37.9% to 128.3 thousand. Machines. In this case, there is a tendency to an increase in the negative dynamics: in January sales decreased only by 24.4% to 115.4 thousand. Machines.

AEB fear that this is not the limit: as the head of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers Committee Joerg Schreiber, "car market enters a phase of sharp deceleration and February is just the beginning of this slowdown." "Sales have not yet reached its bottom," - said the expert.

Sales market leader AvtoVAZ in February fell less than the market as a whole - by 23% to 23.6 thousand. Machines. Group sales partners in the alliance fell almost doubled the volume of Nissan - 45%, to 9.5 thousand. Cars, Renault - by 46%, to 9.1 thousand. Machines. From domestic producers less likely decreased sales of UAZ - 22%, to 2.3 thousand. Machines.

With a total compression scale Lada car market managed to increase its share by 3.4 percentage points to 18.4%. By the same proportion has grown Kia - to 9.8%, the share of Hyundai increased by 3.6 percentage points to 10.3%. Korean manufacturers slower competitors increased prices of its cars, which has a positive impact on sales: the decline in realization of Kia in February amounted to only 6%, to 12.6 thousand. Machines from Hyundai - 5%, to 13.2 thousand. Machines.

Among the most popular foreign brands showed very strong fall Opel (86% to 912 cars) and Honda (90%, up to 252 cars). Sales of French concern PSA also collapsed: the implementation of Peugeot fell by 84% to 377 cars, Citroen - by 83%, up to 380 cars. As a result, PSA brands in terms of sales were already lower than the Chinese Great Wall (drop in February by 71% to 402 cars) and Chery (76% to 402 cars). Chevrolet sales fell by 74% (to 3.3 thousand. Cars), Ford - by 78% (to 1.4 thousand. Cars), Volkswagen - by 49% (to 5.8 thousand. Cars).

By a collapsing car sales market of light commercial vehicles (LCV) fell not so much - for example, sales of LCV GAZ Group in February fell by 34% (about 3 thousand. Cars), while sales of commercial vehicles Volkswagen - 36% (up to 672 cars ). Height traditionally showed only premium class that react poorly to the decline in demand. Mercedes-Benz sales rose by 18% (to 4.2 thousand. Cars), BMW - 6% (to 3.6 thousand. Cars), Lexus - 11% (up to 791 cars).