The market of used cars fell 2 times in St. Petersburg in April

Experts at the AUTOSTAT analytical agency found that in April of 2020, the market of used cars in St. Petersburg against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic reached only 7 thousand units. This is twice less than (-51%) the result of a year ago (14.4 thousand units). Recall that in Moscow the secondary market fell even more in April (3 times).

The most popular brands in the St. Petersburg market of used cars were domestic LADA and German Volkswagen in the last month, the results of which were 583 and 570 cars, respectively. BMW was also in the top three (445 units). Ford and KIA also got into the top-5- resale of such cars in the Northern capital coincided in number and reached 444 units. At the same time, the listed brands show a drop in the range from 44% to 55%.

The model rating is still headed by Ford Focus: in April, the residents of St. Petersburg bought 244 such used cars – less by 52% than a year ago. Volkswagen Polo is the second one (180 units; -45%). It is followed by Skoda Octavia (163 units; -50%) and KIA Rio (155 units; -47%) in the rating table, and Hyundai Solaris (134 units; -54%) finished the top-5 of the most popular models in the secondary market of St. Petersburg.