The number of leasing transactions for motor vehicles grew by 2% in 2020

For the whole previous year, about 227 thousand vehicles were leased in Russia, which is higher by 2% than in 2019. Such data were received by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT".

Experts noted that the growth in leasing volumes affected only the passenger car segment, the share of which was 60%. This corresponds to 135.6 thousand sold cars on lease - 6% higher than the same result in 2019. Among trucks, the volume of leasing fell by 3% (to 53.4 thousand units), in the LCV segment - also by 3% (to 32.4 thousand units), and for buses - by 2% (to 5.5 thousand pieces).

Almost 88% of the total car leasing volume in 2020 fell on legal entities. This is equivalent to about 199 thousand units - slightly more (+ 0.4%) than a year before. The rest 28 thousand vehicles (slightly more than 12%) were leased to individuals, for which a fairly significant increase was noted (+ 16%).

It is also worth noting that in December, 27 thousand vehicles were purchased on lease, which is a record monthly figure in 2020. And the minimum was the April one - about 10 thousand units.