In April, the Russian market of new buses fell by 65%

According to the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, in April of 2020, the market for new buses in Russia reached 502 units, showing a decrease of 65%.

The leader is still the domestic PAZ, its share in the total volume exceeded 60%. In quantitative terms, this corresponds to 308 units (-57%). NEFAZ is the second one; its result in April fell by 42% to 67 buses. The Belarusian “MAZ” finished the top-3 with 47 units and an increase of 2.5 times. In the ranking of the most popular models in the Russian bus market, the first two lines in April were occupied by the representatives of the Pavlovsky bus plant: PAZ-3205 (158 units; -54%) and PAZ-3204 (75 units; -67%). NEFAZ-5299 is the third one (67 units; -42%).

Experts of the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT" also noted that according to the results of 4 months of this year, the Russian market for new buses also went to "minus". So, during this period its volume reached 3.9 thousand units – lower by 4% than in January - April of 2019.