16991.jpg

OREANDA-NEWS. February 2016 became successful for the market of used passenger cars in Russia for the first time since December, 2014. The market volume was almost 370 thousand units, which is more by 10.9% than the year before. According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", the positive dynamics of the market of used cars was observed 14 months ago - only in December of 2014 (+ 19%).

The whole 2015 used cars were bought better than the new ones, but the dynamics of the market remained negative. By months: January of 2015 (-9.5% compared to January of 2014); February (-22.5%); March (-24.3%); April (-29.8%); May (-24.1%); June (-23.4%); July (-18.7%); August (-15.9%); September (-8.7%); October (-10.6%); November (-16.4%); December (-26.6%). In January of 2016, 308.8 thousand cars found their buyers (-6.8% compared to January of 2015) in the used car market.

"We can say that it was the low base effect. At the same time, the market volume was 380 thousand units in March of the last year, which is already comparable with the current results and it gives hope for recovery of the market", - said Mr. Timerhanov, the director of press-service of “AUTOSTAT” analytic agency.