OREANDA-NEWS. According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", in September of 2015 in Russia it was sold more than 460 thousand used cars. This is the highest figure for the whole current year. Although compared to the last September, it is still recorded the fall of 8.7%, but it is not as large as in the previous months.

It should be noted, for 9 months of 2015 the market of used cars decreased by 20.3%, while sales of new cars fell by 33%. According to the director of the agency "AUTOSTAT", Sergey Tselikov, the main reason for the fall of car markets – is the reduction of the purchasing power of the population.

"This year the prices of new cars rose by 24%, for used cars – they raised considerably less (between 10-15%). At the same time salaries of the Russians do not grow, and real incomes are falling", - says Mr. Tselikov. According to him, more positive market indicators of the market of used cars show that more and more potential buyers of new passenger cars looks toward used cars.