OREANDA-NEWS. February 02, 2015. AvtoVAZ, which since January of 2015 has moved its dealers on a 100 percent prepayment, allowed to buy the February quota not immediately, but by parts - as manufacturing the order. According to the newspaper "Vedomosti", with reference to Lada dealers, conditions became more comfortable, because after a sharp rise in the key rate of the Central Bank increased the cost of credit, lending conditions were tightened by banks - it became difficult to divert large amounts at once. Not all dealers can redeem immediately the whole quota, so the system has become more flexible - this approach will increase the turnover, says the source of "Vedomosti".

In 2014, the Russian sales of Lada in Russia fell by 15% to 387,307 units. Market declined by 10.3% to 2.49 million passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, and in 2015 it could fall by 24%, according to the Association of European Businesses. In January, the Russian sales of Lada could fall by up to 50%, predicted dealers. But in the case of AvtoVAZ it is not in demand, says one of the interlocutors: the deficiency for the top-selling models and configurations of Lada is kept, which arose in the autumn of 2014 because of the crisis of suppliers. "The deficit is not as sharp – cars that were ordered the last year, has already come; now it is delivered cars of January assembly, - he said. - But January's warehouse is less than, for example, the December sales approximately 2 times. "December sales of Lada in Russia were 35,315 cars.

AvtoVAZ has chosen a good time to go to an advance payment - after excessive demand in November and December, which allowed dealers to sell stocks, said the president of the Association "Russian Automobile Dealers", Vladimir Mozhenkov. According to him, with the help of prepaid the car plant reduces risks of non-payment. Most of automakers that are operating in Russia continue to use deferral as a basic payment scheme of supply, says Mr.Mozhenkov. At the same time it was reduced payment terms and limits, adds one of the dealers. In terms of ever-rising prices, some dealers do not mind to switch to prepay, notice the interlocutors of "Vedomosti".