Almost a half of Ford cars in Russia are younger than 3 years

For the beginning of 2007 there were registered almost 700 thsd of Ford cars in Russia. A little less than a half of them (44, 6%) are cars of 2005 � 2007 model�s year, as the specialists of the analytic agency �AUTOSTAT� report in their new marketing report about the park of foreign cars in Russia. The majority of new models of Ford in the park are explained by the recent active sales of this brand. Nevertheless, the analysts note that many old Ford cars are still exploited in Russia. Practically, every third car (32, 2%) was produced 10 years ago. The share of cars of 1997 � 2004 model�s year constitutes a bit more than 20% of park. In the regional aspect, the specialists note a big concentration of Ford cars in regions of the capital and of big cities. Dmitrij Agafonov, the analyst of the company �AUTOSTAT�, says that a third (220 thsd u.) of Ford cars are registered in Moscow and Moscow region, every 10th Ford car is exploited in St. � Petersburg. There are many Ford cars in Kaliningrad, Rostov � na � Donu and in Krasnodarksy krai. According to the analyst, the regional distribution of Ford park has a clear geographical orientation. Further you move to the East, less Ford cars you see. Almost 65 % of Ford park are concentrated in center and in the North � West of Russia. A bit more than 20% are in the South of Russia and in Povolghje. 7% - in Ural, less than 5% - in Siberia, 1% - in the Far East (5840 u.). And it is naturally � the Far East is in fact completely in the power of right steering wheel foreign cars from Japan. Siberia is being filled up with them (over 70%). So, the prevalence of cars there belongs to old Toyota - , Nissan - , Honda - and Mazda cars.