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The car market in Russia can rightly be called long-suffering. At first such a not weak crisis broke out, then the anti-covid measures the sale of cars were hit hard. Well, for a snack, not allowing to breathe, hit the sanctions. How did Leo Tolstoy write there? No, not in Anna Karenina and not about unhappy families, even if it would be bark in the queue. But in “War and Peace” a madman shouted to the mayor of Moscow Count Rostopchin: “Three times they killed me, three times he rose from the dead.”
Our car market – will it rise for the third time? And in what updated form will it appear before us? The question is not as useless as it might seem at first glance. After all, he has already risen, only we do not want to notice this – that’s the point. We don’t like his new look, well, crack anyway. We long for the old, the familiar. And he won’t. At least for years to come, sure.
What used to be? Fifty famous brands from all over the world – from Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain, Czech Republic, China. Yes, yes, also from China, but quite a few. Like that smoky egg powder, for amateurs. Everything was for sale – even for the most perverted taste. Cars are cheap, expensive, super expensive, sporty, comfortable, small, big, prestigious, utilitarian, low, high… Black top – white bottom, white top – black bottom, painted, burgundy, with a buckle, with a button .
Only you, dear comrade from Paris, spit on all this now. Saliva. For what was – you can’t go back. Now in our country only two types of sausage are planned in commercial volumes: domestic and Chinese. And forget about this previously mentioned spectrum, as if about a sweet dream. There will be little-known nameplates, expensive cars, the quality of which varies from none to acceptable. All. Disputes about real Japanese or German reliability are a thing of the past, as is the confrontation between Bavaria fans and Stuttgart fans.
In fact, auto analysts have known this for a long time, but they don’t advertise it too much. Sales volumes have been growing since the beginning of the year, but the relationship between the brands has changed slightly. Here are the top five manufacturers and their market share in April: Lada – 33.4%, Chery – 12.2%, Haval – 9.0%, Geely – 9.4%, Kia – 4.5%. Compare with January this year: Lada – 39%, Chery – 12.2%, Haval – 9.1%, Geely – 7.7%, Kia – 5.1%. And now let’s remember the cases of yesteryear – pre-sanctions 2021. Who ruled there? That’s right, Lada, Kia, Renault, Hyundai, Skoda. As they say, feel the difference.
Of course there will be some progress. In particular, the “Chinese” will boast for themselves more than half of the market – do not go to the grandmother. Leaders will increase volumes, outsiders will slowly overtake them – the same Changan and JAC are on the rise. Kia, somehow surviving through parallel or semi-legal factory imports, will fly out of the top five, as it won’t be able to resist the products of the Middle Kingdom, which haven’t thrown up all sorts of obstacles. And here it will be for us an inferior alternative to the wide range discussed above, which is proposed to be forgotten indefinitely.
As for budget cars (not in prices, but in consumer qualities, because prices are exorbitant “not just for everyone”), the segment will be completely closed by the rigid AvtoVAZ. Of course he cannot keep the current 33%, but the share will remain significant. People have already accepted that all of us is an antediluvian Granta. And reluctantly they buy it, because they have to drive. In April, every third new car registered in Russia was a Grant.
Priorities have changed and milestones now lead not to the west, but to the southeast, and in its truncated form. In the same China, on the road, in addition to their own products, premium “Germans” are not uncommon, in large cities – the dominance of “Americans”. Unfortunately, such a variety of genera and species does not shine for us.
That’s Captain Cook’s thing.
The car market in Russia can rightly be called long-suffering. At first such a not weak crisis broke out, then the anti-covid measures the sale of cars were hit hard. Well, for a snack, not allowing to breathe, hit the sanctions. How did Leo Tolstoy write there? No, not in Anna Karenina and not about unhappy families, even if it would be bark in the queue. But in “War and Peace” a madman shouted to the mayor of Moscow Count Rostopchin: “Three times they killed me, three times he rose from the dead.”
Our car market – will it rise for the third time? And in what updated form will it appear before us? The question is not as useless as it might seem at first glance. After all, he has already risen, only we do not want to notice this – that’s the point. We don’t like his new look, well, crack anyway. We long for the old, the familiar. And he won’t. At least for years to come, sure.
What used to be? Fifty famous brands from all over the world – from Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain, Czech Republic, China. Yes, yes, also from China, but quite a few. Like that smoky egg powder, for amateurs. Everything was for sale – even for the most perverted taste. Cars are cheap, expensive, super expensive, sporty, comfortable, small, big, prestigious, utilitarian, low, high… Black top – white bottom, white top – black bottom, painted, burgundy, with a buckle, with a button .
Only you, dear comrade from Paris, spit on all this now. Saliva. For what was – you can’t go back. Now in our country only two types of sausage are planned in commercial volumes: domestic and Chinese. And forget about this previously mentioned spectrum, as if about a sweet dream. There will be little-known nameplates, expensive cars, the quality of which varies from none to acceptable. All. Disputes about real Japanese or German reliability are a thing of the past, as is the confrontation between Bavaria fans and Stuttgart fans.
In fact, auto analysts have known this for a long time, but they don’t advertise it too much. Sales volumes have been growing since the beginning of the year, but the relationship between the brands has changed slightly. Here are the top five manufacturers and their market share in April: Lada – 33.4%, Chery – 12.2%, Haval – 9.0%, Geely – 9.4%, Kia – 4.5%. Compare with January this year: Lada – 39%, Chery – 12.2%, Haval – 9.1%, Geely – 7.7%, Kia – 5.1%. And now let’s remember the cases of yesteryear – pre-sanctions 2021. Who ruled there? That’s right, Lada, Kia, Renault, Hyundai, Skoda. As they say, feel the difference.
Of course there will be some progress. In particular, the “Chinese” will boast for themselves more than half of the market – do not go to the grandmother. Leaders will increase volumes, outsiders will slowly overtake them – the same Changan and JAC are on the rise. Kia, somehow surviving through parallel or semi-legal factory imports, will fly out of the top five, as it won’t be able to resist the products of the Middle Kingdom, which haven’t thrown up all sorts of obstacles. And here it will be for us an inferior alternative to the wide range discussed above, which is proposed to be forgotten indefinitely.
As for budget cars (not in prices, but in consumer qualities, because prices are exorbitant “not just for everyone”), the segment will be completely closed by the rigid AvtoVAZ. Of course he cannot keep the current 33%, but the share will remain significant. People have already accepted that all of us is an antediluvian Granta. And reluctantly they buy it, because they have to drive. In April, every third new car registered in Russia was a Grant.
Priorities have changed and milestones now lead not to the west, but to the southeast, and in its truncated form. In the same China, on the road, in addition to their own products, premium “Germans” are not uncommon, in large cities – the dominance of “Americans”. Unfortunately, such a variety of genera and species does not shine for us.
That’s Captain Cook’s thing.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
Donald Salinas is an experienced automobile journalist and writer for Div Bracket. He brings his readers the latest news and developments from the world of automobiles, offering a unique and knowledgeable perspective on the latest trends and innovations in the automotive industry.
