OREANDA-NEWS. Sales by the program of preferential lease (it is valid since May 15th) were more than 7.6 thousand cars. The Ministry of Industry and Trade informed the agency "AUTOSTAT". The most popular are Russian cars of plants Volkswagen - 20% of sales, LADA - 12%, Hyundai - 11% and Nissan - 9%.

The program involves 46 Russian leasing companies. The program is available for the first time for individuals and it is one of the most profitable ways to buy a car. Monthly lease payments are up to 3 times lower than the payment on the car loan. For example, the popular car Hyundai Solaris costs 615 thousand Rub. You can take in the operating lease with monthly payments from 5 thousand Rubles. In addition, there is no need for further sale of used car; there is an opportunity at any time to stop the contract in case of problems with solvency.

The average price of cars purchased under the program is 1 million 300 thousand Rubles, the average size of the down payment (no discount) is 30% of the value of the car, and with the government discount it is reduced to 20%.

Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade allocates for preferential leasing program 2.5 billion rubles in 2015.