The expert spoke about the reduction of car sales promotion programs

More than 70% of car manufacturers in Russia have already canceled sales promotion programs for customers. This was announced on October 2 by Renat Tyukteev, Deputy General Director for New Car Sales of the Avilon Automotive Group. "Газете.Ru ".

"September was the first month of the year when importers reduced their discount budgets. The main reason is the active July, when 120,000 new passenger cars were sold in Russia, which is 34% higher than in June," the source said.

According to him, this inspired importers to review their strategies, and in September they significantly reduced their sales support programs.

The level of overstocking is also decreasing in the market: the stocks of importers and dealers have reached reasonable values.

"There are about 350,000 new passenger cars on the market right now, which corresponds to three months of sales. The average dealer's stock is 1-1.5 of monthly sales, which is the norm," the expert said.

Interviewed by Gazeta.Dealers also predict another increase in prices for new and used cars in October at the level of 1-3%.

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