Average prices for new cars increased in February

The average price of a domestic car rose by 1% to 1.6 million rubles. The average cost of a Chinese-made car reached 3.74 million rubles, which is 2.6% higher than a month earlier. The average cost of a car of non-officially presented brands increased by 8.4%, exceeding 9.4 million rubles.

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However, experts predict a general increase in prices in the car market

In February, only one domestic model, the Moskvich 3— recorded a decrease in average cost. Compared to January, it decreased by 1.7%, to 1.83 million rubles. In addition, the list includes the Kaiyi E5 sedan (-4.2%; 2.1 million rubles), the Voyah Free hybrid crossover (-2%; 6 million rubles), the Voyah Dream minivan (-1.7%; 9.53 million rubles) and the Jetta VS5 (-1.5%; 3.18 million rubles).

In February, activity in the new car segment continued to slow down, noted. The number of active ads decreased by 10% compared to last year.

March 5 at Renaissance Insurance Group named the most popular models of foreign business class cars among Russians.

BMW X2 is the leader among the business class cars preferred by women (out of the total number of motorists who insured this model, the absolute majority - 80% — are women), Mazda CX—30 (78%), Audi Q3 (78%), Mercedes-Benz GLB (73%) and Lexus NX (71%). The top 10 also includes the Volvo XC40 (69%), BMW X4 (68%), BMW 2-series (66%), Mercedes-Benz GLC (65%) and Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross (64%).