In Russia, the availability of cars was calculated by analogy with the "big Mac index"

According to the results of the first half of 2025, a Russian needs 14 salaries to buy a used Lada Vesta, and more than 17 salaries for a used Hyundai Solaris. This is stated in the study of the Auto.ru" and platforms hh.ru (Izvestia has it), in which analysts carried out calculations by analogy with the Big Mac index.

The car accessibility index shows the ratio of its average price to salary. The average prices for used Hyundai Solaris and Lada Vesta (age 3-10 years; mileage no more than 200 thousand km) are used for calculation. km; no more than three owners), and the median earnings that employers offer in vacancies. Each unit of the index is equal to one median salary in the region. The lower the indicator, the more affordable the car is.

If in December of last year the average Russian citizen could purchase a Lada Vesta for 14.7 median salaries, then by May of this year the index dropped to 14.1 salaries. Hyundai Solaris required 18.2 median salaries in January, and by April-May, the value returned to December's value of 17.2 salaries.

These results are primarily due to the lower cost of the Lada Vesta with mileage. In May 2025, the average price in the Russian Federation was 1.06 million rubles (-3.5% compared to December last year). The cost of Hyundai Solaris remained virtually unchanged and amounted to 1.29 million rubles. At the same time, the salary level has remained virtually unchanged for six months and in May 2025 amounted to 75 thousand rubles.

According to the results of the first half of the year, Lada Vesta was most affordable for residents of the Central (12.5 median salaries), Northwestern (13.2), Far Eastern (13.6) and Ural (15) federal districts. Residents of the Siberian (15.5), Volga (15.7), Southern (16.9) and North Caucasian (17.8) federal districts will need to save longer than others. A similar pattern is observed in the case of Hyundai Solaris.

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