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OREANDA-NEWS. In the last decade of January of 2016 the price changes occurred in seventeen companies (Audi, Citroen, Ford, Hawtai, Hyundai, Infiniti, KIA, Lexus, Lifan, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Opel, Porsche, Subaru, Suzuki, Volkswagen, and UAZ).

So, Ford raised the prices for cars manufactured in 2016 - eight models became more expensive at once. Hyundai raised the price for sedan and hatchback Solaris (by 1,8 - 2,9%), Suzuki – for the SUV Jimny (1.9 - 2.1%), and Porsche - for the crossover Macan (3.0%) . Nissan raised the price of Almera sedan with automatic gearbox (0.7 - 0.8%) and for the crossover Qashqai (1.3 - 6.1%). Subaru increased the price of crossover Forester (3.6 - 4.2%) and the crossover Outback in certain trim levels.

The German premium brands Audi and Mercedes-Benz began sales of new generations of some models, which also helped to change their prices.

The Japanese premium brand Infiniti, in addition to price increases of Q50 sedan and crossover QX60, had also the reduction of the price of sedan Q70 (by 1.9 - 7.8%) and crossovers QX50 (by 5.7 - 6.2%) and QX80 (8.8 - 9.2%).

This review does not claim the completeness and comprehensiveness of the market, however, it makes it possible to evaluate the main trends of pricing policy of the Russian representatives of companies.