Ford was the most profitable wagon foreign car in the Russian market

27.12.2019

Ford Trasit became the most of desim LCV-foreign cost of ownership in Russia

The analysis showed that today the best among all foreign models of light commercial vehicles (LCV) on the Russian market, the lowest cost of ownership in operation for over 3 years and the mileage 120 000 km was the Ford Transit.

Among the variety of modifications to the study were selected tsmf Ford Transit in embodiments 310 L2H2 with a medium wheelbase and long wheelbase 350 L3H3 with a high roof.

These versions of the delivery vehicle suitable for solving any business tasks, including in conditions of large megacities.

Was used for calculation of the tariffs in force in Moscow, St.-Petersburg, and also Moscow and Leningrad regions.

The cost of insurance and taxes for owners of Ford Transit the average for those cities and regions were the smallest. In particular, this contributes to the capacity of the diesel engine at 125 HP, matching a lower rate of vehicle tax in Moscow.

Another equally important factor when choosing a panel van is its residual value. To calculate this index we used the results of the analysis of prices for new and used vehicles in the period 2013-2019 years.

So, after three years of use and 120,000 kilometers the residual value of the Ford Transit will be 59%, which was the best result among all the vans segment LCV.

In addition, the final evaluation of cost of ownership has affected the fuel efficiency of the Ford Transit and the lowest maintenance costs at the official dealers of Ford, which must take place at intervals of 20,000 kilometers.

High performance is confirmed by the preferences of the buyers. For example, according to the results of sales for 11 months of 2019 Ford Transit occupies a leading position among foreign models of commercial vehicles (more than 11 thousand according to the "AUTOSTAT info").

background:, OOO "Ford Sollers Elabuga" – new joint venture of OJSC SOLLERS and Ford Motor Company.
Produces cars Ford Transit full cycle technology at its own plant in the SEZ "Alabuga" (Elabuga,
The Republic Of Tatarstan). PJSC "SOLLERS" is a managing shareholder with a share of 51% in the share capital. Updated joint venture officially began operating in July 2019.

P.S. frankly, I've always been a fan of this model LCV the optimal in terms of price/quality/functionality. In my opinion it (the third generation), it was necessary to develop Gas in the Soviet Union (with appropriate modifications) and then the country received a quality as "the Zhiguli" the lorry and not home-grown "GAZelle" at the beginning of production but more like a designer DIY. Subsequently, this surely would give a production branch of "Ford"... but the current version with the release of current models, at least based on the sets from the Ford plant in Kocaeli, the Turkish proved to be quite viable, because it is the "Ford Sollers Elabuga" was the only remaining production site for the production of Ford vehicles in Russia (production of heavy trucks F-Max on Kaliningrad "avtotore" is still too small)..