The number of taxi cars on sale has increased dramatically in Russia

After the adoption of the law on the localization of taxi cars in Russia, the number of ads for the sale of used cars, which are most often used in passenger transportation, has increased. The average supply growth in the segment was 157%, experts told Izvestia on July 1. Likvi.com .

The most popular cars from the current classifier of Russia's largest taxi aggregator were used as the basis for the study. In the economy class, the most common cars are Kia Rio, Skoda Rapid, Volkswagen Polo and Hyundai Solaris (from 2016).

So, as of April 1 of this year, 13.9 thousand Kia Rio, 12.8 thousand Hyundai Solaris, and 10.1 thousand cars were on sale in Russia. Volkswagen Polo and 6.3 thousand . Skoda Rapid. However, after the adoption of the localization law by July 1, the number of ads increased to 36 thousand. Rio, 33.6 thousand Solaris, 26 thousand Polo and 15.1 thousand . Rapid.

Experts concluded that most of these cars that appeared on the secondary market are "from under taxis", and the increase in supply in the segment is directly related to the desire of industry representatives to update their fleet in anticipation of the introduction of requirements for the use of localized vehicles.

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