Why the Russian car market is growing, but like crazy
- September 6, 2023
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The August results seem to inspire optimism and hope that the Russian car market will emerge from the morass sooner or later. At the very least, most experts
The August results seem to inspire optimism and hope that the Russian car market will emerge from the morass sooner or later. At the very least, most experts do their best to show enthusiasm about it. However, the AvtoVzglyad portal reminds that quantitative growth is not always accompanied by qualitative growth.
The data from the Avtostat agency is dry and unemotional. In the eight months of 2023, 607,000 new passenger cars were registered in Russia, which is 41% more than in the same period last year.
It looks very encouraging, when you consider that compared to the last, more or less decent 2021, there is still a gap of 42%. That is to say: exactly so many cars are not enough for a normal, albeit at the lowest limit, functioning of the market.
Row money with a shovel
Cheerful, optimistic experts, of course, manage to find positive aspects in everything. “Even reaching the bottom,” they say, resting firmly on the letter D, “is good, because beyond that only growth is possible.” Weak consolation, but still. In other words: “In all difficulties there are opportunities.” There are chances – who claims, but here are some of them. Making money from the shortage of cars? Meet the demand? Launch domestic technological developments? Here it is necessary to somehow express your thoughts more specifically.
Since in the first direction many things are done really and with pleasure, in the second there are also progress, although not great, but in the third – a complete failure. Dealers are of course warm, light and flies do not bite them. The weighted average price of a new car in August exceeded 2.8 million rubles. Get out a shovel and row – what a problem.
The car in the trunk of the shuttle
But those are dealers. And here, for example, what cheers up such a serious person as the general director of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) Tadzio Schilling: the third channel, which refers to alternative or parallel imports, is growing! Previously it provided a meager share of market needs, but now it stands at a whopping 10-14%. In August even 13%, but that is not the point. It’s a shame you can’t transport a car in the checkered trunk of a shuttle or it would be a jerk for all jerks. Thank you, Mr Schilling, you have opened your eyes to how European business sees the further development of our economy.
However, the head of the AEB rightly points the arrow at those who should do all this according to their point of view. The contours of the auto industry, he said, are dictated by government regulation, and industrial policy is on the lookout. Yes, dear Tadzio, I’ve been searching for a year and a half and haven’t found anything clever yet, except increasing naked imports, poor thing.
Opamentate, sir!
But why is it nothing? The trend is quite clear. During the year, the share of domestic production in the market fell from 74% to 41%, while official imports increased from 19% to 46%. In the past month alone, the share of Russian cars (in which Avtostat, by some strange quirk, does not include only our Moskvich) has fallen from 38% to 29%, but the “Chinese” has grown from 51% to 56%.
It’s time to exclaim like the Lady from “Thunderstorm”, beating with a stick, “What are you laughing at! Don’t be happy!” In the end, Goblin goes with him, with localized production. I would like everything at once, but here you can wait and interrupt for a while by importing finished products. But the fact that no one thinks about developing their own technological base is a real guard.
Photo by globallookpress.com
Photo by globallookpress.com
The data from the Avtostat agency is dry and unemotional. In the eight months of 2023, 607,000 new passenger cars were registered in Russia, which is 41% more than in the same period last year.
It looks very encouraging, when you consider that compared to the last, more or less decent 2021, there is still a gap of 42%. That is to say: exactly so many cars are not enough for a normal, albeit at the lowest limit, functioning of the market.
Row money with a shovel
Cheerful, optimistic experts, of course, manage to find positive aspects in everything. “Even reaching the bottom,” they say, resting firmly on the letter D, “is good, because beyond that only growth is possible.” Weak consolation, but still. In other words: “In all difficulties there are opportunities.” There are chances – who claims, but here are some of them. Making money from a shortage of cars? Meet the demand? Launch domestic technological developments? Here it is necessary to somehow express your thoughts more specifically.
Since in the first direction many things are done really and with pleasure, in the second there are also progress, although not great, but in the third – a complete failure. Dealers are of course warm, light and flies do not bite them. The weighted average price of a new car in August exceeded 2.8 million rubles. Get out a shovel and row – what a problem.
The car in the trunk of the shuttle
But those are dealers. And here, for example, what cheers up such a serious person as the general director of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) Tadzio Schilling: the third channel, which refers to alternative or parallel imports, is growing! Previously it provided a meager share of market needs, but now it stands at a whopping 10-14%. In August even 13%, but that is not the point. It’s a shame you can’t transport a car in the checkered trunk of a shuttle or it would be a jerk for all jerks. Thank you, Mr Schilling, you have opened your eyes to how European business sees the further development of our economy.
However, the head of the AEB rightly points the arrow at those who should do all this according to their point of view. The contours of the auto industry, he said, are dictated by government regulation, and industrial policy is on the lookout. Yes, dear Tadzio, I’ve been searching for a year and a half and haven’t found anything clever yet, except increasing naked imports, poor thing.
Opamentate, sir!
But why is it nothing? The trend is quite clear. During the year, the share of domestic production in the market fell from 74% to 41%, while official imports increased from 19% to 46%. In the past month alone, the share of Russian cars (in which Avtostat, by some strange quirk, does not include only our Moskvich) has fallen from 38% to 29%, but the “Chinese” has grown from 51% to 56%.
It’s time to exclaim like the Lady from “Thunderstorm”, beating with a stick, “What are you laughing at! Don’t be happy!” In the end, Goblin goes with him, with localized production. I would like everything at once, but here you can wait and interrupt for a while by importing finished products. But the fact that no one thinks about developing their own technological base is a real guard.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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