Auto.ru News, Conference Announcements And A Lot Of Research: Business News Digest

2023 Author: Natalie MacDonald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 02:36

A new tool for selling and buying a car on credit, announcements of online events, unique research based on the results of surveys of Avto.ru users, as well as fresh market analytics - all the most interesting from the "About business" section for March.

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Special credit forms have appeared in the Auto.ru ads - an interactive block where the user can quickly and easily calculate a loan and familiarize himself with the conditions in a particular car dealership, and most importantly - send an application to the dealer. How it works is described in a separate article.

Events

Avto.ru launches the second season of training webinars for dealers from different regions of Russia. In April, experts will hold a series of two-hour online meetings at which they will discuss the analytics of the car markets of Russian regions, analyze the cases of colleagues and typical mistakes, and share recommendations from Auto.ru, Yandex and dealers.

On April 14-15, an online industry forum organized by the ROAD Association - the ROAD 2021 Convention will be held. The event will be attended by more than two thousand Russian car dealers and automakers, government officials, auto industry experts and journalists.

Polls

Auto.ru analysts conducted a survey among professional sellers and found out how their business has changed due to the pandemic. The survey involved 600 people.

We found out from the users of Automotive News whether they improve their cars immediately after buying and if so, what exactly they do in the first place. More than two thousand people took part in the survey.

The past winter in many regions of Russia was truly frosty and snowy. Automotive News asked its users how their cars coped with the cold and whether the usual mode of life of car owners has changed due to the frost. More than 3 thousand people took part in the survey.

Research

The first month of spring promises the Russians a lot of car innovations. Among them are the long-awaited updates of very popular models, and debutants. Let's talk about the most interesting premieres of the coming month.

Yandex. Drive has published the results of a study of the audience of a short-term car rental service and the impact of car sharing on the urban environment. The average age of service users is growing, as is the driving experience, and with the increase in the number of occupied cars, the influence of car sharing on the state of the Moscow parking space becomes more noticeable.

In March 2021, 148,676 new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles were sold in Russia, which is 5.7% less than in March 2020. A short infographic with the results of the month is in our article.

In February 2021, 111.5 thousand new passenger cars were registered in Russia, which is 1.3% more than a year earlier. The Russian car market returned to growth after four months of decline. However, according to the results of the first two months of 2021, the statistics are not so joyful: still minus 3% and 208.7 thousand cars.

Meanwhile, the secondary market continued to fall: in February 2021, 403.5 thousand used cars were registered in Russia - 1% less than a year earlier. We tell you which models turned out to be the most demanded among motorists.

In February 2021, 69.8 thousand new passenger cars equipped with an automatic transmission were sold in Russia: a classic "automatic", "robot" or CVT. This is 3.1% less than a year earlier, but their share in the total volume of new cars increased to 61.7% (plus 1.2 points). We found out which models were the most popular.

Auto.ru analysts have studied the price lists of manufacturers and found out how the recommended retail prices for cars changed in March 2021 compared to February. At the end of the month, 20 brands of cars rose in price in Russia.

At the beginning of 2021, there were slightly more than 45 million passenger cars in the Russian vehicle fleet, which is 1.1% more than at the beginning of 2020. We tell you what brands and models of cars are most often found on the roads of Russia.