Russians predicted an imminent peak of benefits when buying a new car

The purchase of a new car should be postponed until the middle of spring in order to get maximum discounts from dealers, and used cars should be purchased now in order to make it before the price spike at the end of April. This is the opinion of the CEO of the project Likvi.com Alexander Korotkov spoke on Friday, March 14th.

According to the expert, contrary to popular opinion about the shortage, a large number of new cars have accumulated in dealers' warehouses. First of all, we are talking about Chinese brands. Many dealers have already been forced to lower prices and organize promotions to unload warehouses.

"According to our analysis, the peak of profitable offers from dealers will be in the middle of spring. Stimulating demand will become necessary, otherwise warehouses will simply "choke." Thus, if you are focused on a new car, it makes sense to wait a little bit until April or May to get a really decent offer," said Korotkov in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

However, he added that the situation is more complicated with the segment of used cars. The market for high-quality used cars is literally being "washed out." Reliable European, Japanese, and Korean models, which are traditionally in demand, are becoming fewer and fewer. At the same time, we are talking not only about the popular segment of 3-5 years, but also about 5-8, and the number of people who want to buy such cars is growing.

The expert also explained why it is worth rushing to buy a used car in order to profitably purchase a car. Firstly, starting from May 1, prices for used BMW, Zeekr, Geely and a number of other brands are expected to rise by 1 million rubles, or about 25%, due to the introduction of a new scheme for calculating the recycling fee. Secondly, premium cars aged from three to five years will also rise in price by 1 million rubles, which will lead to the withdrawal of some of the "gray" dealers from the market. In addition, the beginning of spring is traditionally a time of rising prices for used cars: with the onset of the active travel season, demand and prices will increase.

Left: the share of imports of used right-hand drive cars has decreased in Russia

The share of used car shipments from Japan fell by almost a third

Earlier that day, Avito Auto experts told Izvestia that the average price of a new car remained virtually unchanged in February of this year and amounted to 2.98 million rubles. During the year, interest in new cars increased by 24.7%, and the number of cars on sale increased by 45.5%.

In the last winter month, users were most interested in new Lada cars: its share was 22.7%. Behind her in the ranking are Chinese brands: Haval (10%), Chery (8.5%), Geely (5.4%) and Changan (4.8%).

Among the models, users of the platform were most interested in Lada Granta (8.3%). It is followed by Lada Vesta (5.3%), Haval Jolion (3.5%), Moskvich 3 (2.4%) and Omoda C5 (2.3%). Compared to February of last year, the popularity of Moskvich 3 has increased most noticeably — by 2.8 times.

Avito Auto experts have concluded that Voyah Free has fallen in price the most over the past year. 360.ru .