Our colleagues from Rossiyskaya Gazeta spoke to representatives of several dealers and found that in the period from January to May 2023, the cost of car services increased by an average of 21%. At the same time, there are almost no problems with consumables for maintenance and spare parts for repairs: only owners of premium cars face them.

What will happen next? According to Alexander Nosko, service director at the car marketplace Fresh, there are no preconditions for a further increase in labor costs. But due to the volatility of the exchange rate and the permanent increase in the cost of logistics services, spare parts can be 100-400% more expensive by the end of the year. In the past month, by the way, the price lists of parts have already become “heavier” by 10-15%.

Experts note that the general instability, of course, affects the maintenance and repair of cars, but car services are doing their best to retain customers, many of whom have already moved to the dark side of garages. And the main trends in after-sales car service today are the repair, rather than the replacement of components and assemblies, the use of non-original and “used” spare parts.

Our colleagues from Rossiyskaya Gazeta spoke to representatives of several dealers and found that in the period from January to May 2023, the cost of car services increased by an average of 21%. At the same time, there are almost no problems with consumables for maintenance and spare parts for repairs: only owners of premium cars face them.

What will happen next? According to Alexander Nosko, service director at the car marketplace Fresh, there are no preconditions for a further increase in labor costs. But due to the volatility of the exchange rate and the permanent increase in the cost of logistics services, spare parts can be 100-400% more expensive by the end of the year. In the past month, by the way, the price lists of parts have already become “heavier” by 10-15%.

Experts note that the general instability, of course, affects the maintenance and repair of cars, but car services are doing their best to retain customers, many of whom have already moved to the dark side of garages. And the main trends in after-sales service for cars today are repair, rather than replacement of components and assemblies, the use of non-original and “used” spare parts.