Prices for passenger cars in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 10%

23 April 2019

The average price for a car was about 1.6 million rubles.

According RAMR for the first 1 quarter of 2019, the average prices for new cars increased by 10.2% compared to the same period in 2018, amounting to ₽1 million 586,8 thousand market Capacity of new cars has increased in the analyzed period by 9.4% and amounted to ₽511,6 billion.

Average price for used cars in January-March 2019 increased by 9.5% compared to the same period last year to ₽540,1 thousand Capacity of the market of used cars in the 1st quarter of 2019 made 611,3 billion (+9.9 percent).


new passenger cars
In January-March 2019 the weighted average rates showed all the brands from the Top 10.

The biggest jump in average prices (over 10%) showed the brands LADA, Vokswagen, Nissan and Skoda.
The highest capacity of the market was among the Top 10 brands of new cars in the present period is marked by the KIA – ₽55.1 billion, the growth of market capacity of this brand was 7.2%. The top three in market size also includes the brands Toyota (₽of 49.9 billion) and LADA (₽of 49.1 billion).
However, for example, Nissan has shown a negative dynamics of financial capacity (-0,1%), reflecting a decrease in sales of the brand by 10%.

Among the Top 10 regional car markets highest average prices for new cars registered in Moscow (₽2.27 billion), the Moscow region (₽1.67 billion) and St. Petersburg (₽of 1.82 billion).
A leader in the market among the Russian regions remains Moscow. In the capital region for the first quarter were sold for new cars at ₽120,6 billion the size of the markets of the Moscow region and St. Petersburg, which are also included in the top three in this indicator is ₽43,25 billion and 42.98 per billion, respectively.

the Market for used cars
In January-March 2019, all of the top brands-103 showed an increase of the average prices.

Among these brands, the largest market capacity for the quarter was observed in Toyota – ₽87.6 billion, the growth of market capacity of this brand was 8.1%.

Among the Top 10 regions, the highest average price for used cars registered in Moscow (₽819,4 million), St. Petersburg (₽727,9 million) and Primorsky Krai (₽651,4 million).
A leader in the market of used cars among the Russian regions is Moscow. In the capital at the end of the quarter was sold used cars at ₽60,37 billion the size of the markets of the Moscow region and the Krasnodar territory, which are also included in the top three in this indicator is ₽44,11 billion and ₽34,66 billion, respectively.