Dealers expect a car market deficit to continue in 2022

The shortage of cars in dealerships will continue in the first quarter of 2022; there has not been such an acute shortage of cars in Russia for many years. This was announced by the Russian Automobile Dealers Association.

Recall that a shortage of cars arose in the summer of the previous year, after downtime at Russian car factories and the suspension of supplies of imported foreign cars during the lockdown period. In the autumn, the situation with the availability of cars at dealerships began to improve gradually, but subsequently the industry faced a new problem - a shortage of semiconductors, due to which automakers were forced to reduce the production volumes around the world.

“One of the main factors affecting the state of the market in 2021 was undoubtedly the shortage of cars for the most brands. The deferred demand has undoubtedly decreased, but for some brands there is still an increased interest of customers in the most popular and demanded models. If December does not bring surprises, then I am counting on the final figure for the year of about 1 million 649 thousand 800 units, ”says Alexei Shibakov, the head of new car sales at Avtomir Group.