Most taxis are not ready to buy Russian machines

NST points out that 59% of respondents are not ready to buy national machines “in any condition.” You remember a little more than a quarter (27%) of taxi to buy them in case of providing an appropriate subsidy. According to respondents, the sedan of the economic class should not cost more than 1 million rubles with VAT, a crossover-not more than 1.3-1.5 million rubles with VAT. At the moment, the national cars offered in the market are much more expensive, respondents said.

72% of the taxi pages acquire new cars to lease, it is deduced from the survey. At the same time, the majority (72%) of the respondents indicated that their financial situation will allow them to update this year no more than 10% of their cars, while the update from 10% to 50% of the park is effective annually. .

The survey was attended by the 100 largest in the number of Russian taxis cars in all federal districts in the country.

What do experts say? “Companies need a wide selection of the range of models and the price range, they need affordable and beneficial in terms of the total cost of having the machine. To support companies, it is necessary to launch a sector program to subsidize the lease, as well as to address the problems of industry regulation flexibly, affecting the problem of updating the parks. In particular, we are talking about the location of taxis cars, ”said Natalia Lozinskaya, executive director of NST.

• In early January, Kommersant, with reference to the “contours. Taxi, under unemployment and under work and increased prices for cars.
• Then, from January in mid -December 2024, only 12 thousand new companies and individual businessmen appeared in Russia, which have the main activity of the taxi area. This is 20% less than the same period of 2023.