Trucks in Russia staged boom 2017

For 2017 in the Russian market of new trucks sales have increased 1.5 times

Characteristic of 2017 year and especially the second half on the truck market for data RAMR was quite intensive monthly growth of sales in against the same period in 2016. So, August 2017 year the monthly growth of sales exceeded 50%, i.e. there were signs of a boom. In General for the year sales grew by 52,7% – to 79,1 thousand

In December, the actual monthly sales for the first time in many years exceeded 10 thousand, with the fact that the growth rate in the last month decreased to 51%, and the maximum increase was observed in may (+70.7 percent).

Rapid growth of freight market in 2017 impact on its fine structure, in which there have been noticeable changes.

So, if in the year before, the Top 5 brands accounted for KAMAZ, GAZ, MAZ, Scania and Ural, at end 2017 year the segment of heavy trucks (HCV) as usual was the leader of KAMAZ (+26,1%
to 28 thousand).

KAMAZ in 2017 continued to roll out new range (pictured truck tractor KAMAZ-5490 New)

In the segment of medium-duty (MCV) in the same undisputed leader was the AZ GAS (+2.4 percent.
to 8.7 million).

The leader among medium-duty trucks (MCV) increasingly acts as a series of "Gazon NEXT"

Ranking the Top 5 has added three brand of "Big seven" – Volvo (growth in 3.5 times up to 1.7 million), Scania (growth in 2,3 times up to 5.7 thousand) and Mercedes-Benz (growth in 2.8 times up to 5,6 thousand).

Volvo Truck as the lead in the segment of long-haul tractors (pictured tractor Volvo FH 460 6x2.2)

And in the segment of specialized trucks (pictured short Volvo FH16 600 6x4 with CMU Kesla 2009s – installation company "V-Kran")

A localized lineup of the silver medalist of the market for HCV-cars includes a variety of specialnaya

Well, on 6th position was the MAN (growth in 2,9 times up to 4.8 thousand). Accordingly, the Belarusian MAZ, consider now how the car was cleaned from the 3rd to 7th place despite the growth 30% (up to 3.9 thousand).

MAZ, though, and reaches the European brands (the photo shows at COMTRANS-2017 trailer of truck tractor MAZ-5440С9-520-031 semitrailer MAZ-Kupava 930011), but on the market is lagging behind them more

In 8th place was the Dutch DAF (also member of "euroenergy") with growth 3.6 times to 3.6 thousand To the 9th line is the Isuzu with growth 60% up to 3.2 thousand, and rounded out the Top-10 – Ural despite the growth prior quarter 3 thousand

At the exhibition COMTRANS-2017 client was awarded 8000-th srednetonnazhnye Mitsubishi Fuso Canter

Other truck brands (including other Japanese, Korean and Chinese) showed an increase of 56,8% to 6.9 thousand i.e. was still above the market.

Accordingly, the position of the "Big seven" in Russia has significantly recovered thanks to a very good for them to the growth of sales in 2017. Thus, in once again confirmed the rule that the stabilization of the national currency (after increasing oil barrel) even at relatively low growth rate of the economy consumers are still switched with domestic equipment on the higher quality imports, the more that foreign manufacturers have in the most part mastered the local Assembly (while still a low level of localization) and provide customers with very attractive credit and leasing programs (including sales trade-in). However, domestic producers also used as a very significant state support funds in the form of soft loans and leasing, and also for the acquisition programs of the national automotive technicians "NGV" program and so on.

It doesn't helped the Russian truck brands very seriously reduced at the end of 2017 years its market share with 64% up to 50.1 per cent. Over one third of the market and 35.4% holds KAMAZ, 11% GAS and 3.7% Urals. The best of the saturated with foreign cars brands Volvo (build in Kaluga) is only 7.5% of the market and close to him running Scania (build under Saint-Petersburg) took 7.2% of the market that is collected in Naberezhnye Chelny Mercedes-Benz – 7%, and also which is the Assembly plant under Peter MAN – 6%. On the share of MAZ had only 4.9% of the Russian market
(not so long ago there were times when this share was in times higher). Not even have their own Assembly production in Russia DAF is 4.5% of the market, further 3.7% are Isuzu
(may 2017 of the year, the company launched in Ulyanovsk also the Assembly of heavy models).

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