Around 700 thousand cars accumulated in warehouses in Russia

According to him, about 52% of all car vehicles are Russian vehicles. This evaluation is confirmed by the general director of the Autodom Group of companies Andrei Olkhovsky.

The head of the Avtostat Analytical Agency, Sergei Tselikov, said that the total number of vehicles in the reserves is approximately 600 thousand pieces, which is a record indicator of at least 2020, when significant difficulties arose with logistics due to pandemic .

According to Tselikov, in shares of approximately 500 thousand cars, more than 400 thousand of them are Chinese. Other 100 thousand cars in stores are commercial transport, including medium and heavy trucks, as well as buses.

According to the chief of Avtostat, the last similar case of overene was recorded during the economic crisis of 2008. Around 1.7 million cars were produced, but next year, production fell by 60%, to 723.2 thousand units. Sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles in 2009 decreased by 49% year after year, from more than 3 million to 1.46 million units.

According to Avtostat, in 2025, a decrease in the new car market is possible. With the base scenario, the reduction can reach 10%, which corresponds to the sales volume of 1.42-1,43 million units. Rolf also predicts a demand drop to 1.3 million cars in the implementation of the basic scenario. In warehouses there were reservations for 3-4 months of sales, and concessionaires networks are “supersaturated” by car manufacturers, said Nikolai Ivanov, director of the Rolfa Rolfa Automobile Department.

Automobile dealers have already requested the Ministry of Industry and trade with a application to limit the flow of Chinese cars and to support the prognosis of consumer demand, since “there is no regulator at the level of legislation that may predict the Mercado, “said the first deputy director of Rolf, Svetlana ViRagrava, to RBC.