Popular used cars have fallen in price over the year in Russia

The average price of used cars, which turned out to be the most popular among Avito Auto users in February 2025, decreased by 5.9% over the year and amounted to 899 thousand rubles in February. The experts of the platform told Izvestia about this on March 17.

Hyundai cars lost the most noticeably in price: compared to February 2024, the decrease was 11.3%. Kia came in second place in terms of dynamics, losing 8.2%. Volkswagen took the third place in the rating (-7.9%).

Among the models, the average price of the Volkswagen Polo decreased most significantly — by 13.3% (to 925 thousand rubles). Kia Rio has become more affordable by 11.2% (977 thousand rubles), and Hyundai Solaris — by 10% (990 thousand rubles). Toyota Camry (-8.5%; 2.15 million rubles) and Lada Kalina (-6.1%; 310 thousand rubles) also entered the top five.

Analysts explained that the supply of models in the rating increased by more than 15% over the year, and for Lada Kalina — by 1.5 times. This increased competition among sellers and was one of the reasons for the decrease in the average price for these models, they noted.

"A separate impact on the secondary car market is the increased attractiveness of new cars, which are now often sold at discounts, which to some extent affects pricing in the segment with mileage. The increase in the service life of cars also affected the dynamics of the average price, which adjusted the supply structure," said Andrey Kovalev, director of the Used Cars department at Avito.

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On March 14, it was reported that in February 2025, the average price of a new car remained virtually unchanged at 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%.

March 10, Director of Development and Sales of Avto.<url> Business Daniil Shkurygin explained that one of the main reasons for the decline in new car sales in Russia this winter was the high interest rates on loans. In addition, banks have new responsibilities to create reserves in case of possible risks associated with non-fulfillment of loan obligations by borrowers.