OREANDA-NEWS. For the first time since the start of September 1, 2014 of renewal program of car parc, the sales through trade-in exceeded 50%. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, they were more than 3.5 thousand vehicles for the last week.

Totally from March 16th to 22nd it was sold almost 7000 vehicles, and from January 1st, 2015, sales of the program were about 40 thousand cars. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the most active sales were recorded by dealers of AvtoVAZ (2600 cars) in the last week.

The first top five of the most popular cars in the framework of program includes Volkswagen, GAZ, Renault and Hyundai. Almost all the main Russian producers are participating in the program - now they are 16, and the number of dealerships is more than 2.2 thousand.

By commenting on the interim results, the head of the Russian Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, called essential that the parc renewal program is starting to gain momentum.

"Weekly analysis of the results shows that the program is demanded by the population, in the last week it was sold almost 7 thousand cars. We hope that this measure of state car market will play a significant role in the stabilization of car sales in Russia. The program will be prolonged at least to the second quarter of 2015", - said the head of Industry and Trade.

The current program applies to all categories of vehicles - from passenger cars to commercial vehicles, buses and trucks. The buyer gets a discount for the purchase of a new car if they give the old car for recycling or through the mechanism of trade-in. Thanks to the program in 2014 it was sold additionally over 188 thousand units.

Recall, for the first 2 months, since the start of the program on September 1st, 2014, it was sold more than 80,000 cars under the recycling program.