OREANDA-NEWS. According to the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT", sales of used cars in March of 2015 were 386,500 units, which is less by 24.3% than in March of 2014 (510.3 thousand units). The total market volume of cars with mileage in the first three months fell by almost 20% to 1.1 million units.

Almost a third of the market of used cars (32.5%) is occupied by LADA. Among the most popular models of "second-hand" there are - AvtoVAZ 2107, "Samara" and "VAZ-2110".

The leader among foreign cars is still Toyota - in March of this year it was sold 40.3 thousand units, which is more than 10% of the market. The second place by popularity among used cars is occupied by Nissan, and the third – by Chevrolet. The top-10 of used cars also includes cars Ford, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Honda and Renault.

According to the director of the agency "AUTOSTAT", Sergey Tselikov, "the decline in the market of used cars begins to increase. So, if in January the decline was in the range of 10%, then in February it was more than 20%, and in March, the market fell by almost a quarter. Secondary car market is closely linked to the new car market, and it is fixed the 40 percent drop in it now. In addition, winter is significantly increased prices of 2-4 year old cara, and buyers are not ready yet for such a price increase. Therefore, the main number of deals moves to older and cheaper cars”. 

More of the statistics of used car market in March of 2015 can be found in the press releases.