The regions of the Russian Federation with the best used cars are named

Most of the cars on the secondary market, attractive from the point of view of purchase, are located in Moscow, Tomsk region and St. Petersburg. On March 27, experts from Avto told Izvestia about this.<url> Business", which analyzed the used car market from August 2024 to January 2025.

Among the subjects of the Russian Federation, Moscow (18.7% of all ads), Tomsk Region (18.4%) and St. Petersburg (16%) are the leaders in terms of the number of interesting cars for purchase on the secondary market. The hardest places for dealers to find profitable deals are in the Rostov and Sverdlovsk regions (13% of the total number of cars on the market), the Nizhny Novgorod Region (12%) and the Krasnoyarsk Territory (11%).

Cars with a mileage of no more than 150 thousand km, up to seven years old, with up to three owners in the vehicle, as well as no more than one accident in history and no more than one calculation of the repair cost in the amount of up to 500 thousand rubles were taken into account. On average, there are about 16% of such cars on the market in the country. In general, the share of cars meeting such requirements decreased by 1 percentage point compared to the first half of 2024.

"Many consumers prefer to postpone the sale of their car, and if they decide, most often such cars are bought by someone from the environment, or they are sold at lightning speed from an ad. If we are talking about a high—quality car of one of the bygone brands, it is not uncommon for such a car to be charged 30-70% higher than the market price corresponding to the brand, model and year of sale," said Sergey Ignatov, head of the Key Customer Relations department at <url>.

Chasing the air: what is happening in the used car market

Russians are looking for a cheaper car on the secondary market

On March 21, it was reported that in February 2025, 397.1 thousand used passenger cars were purchased in Russia, which is 5.5% less than a month earlier and 0.6% lower than in February last year. Lada holds the leadership in the secondary market among the brands, 106 thousand such cars of the domestic brand were purchased in the last winter month.

Toyota retains the second place (39.1 thousand units). This is followed by Kia and Hyundai (21.1 thousand and 20.7 thousand units, respectively), as well as Nissan (17.4 thousand units). Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Renault and Ford rounded out the top ten.