More than 3 trillion rubles were spent for the purchase of new cars in 2021

For the whole previous year, Russian residents spent 3.05 trillion rubles on the purchase of new cars. Such data are provided by experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" in preparation for the auto business forum "ForAuto - 2022. Results and forecasts of the car market", which will be held on February 16th. According to the agency's experts, the achieved result was 22% higher than in 2020, becoming a record.

Recall that the previous record for the amount of spent money was recorded in 2019 (2.57 trillion rubles). Thus, for the first time, the financial capacity of the new car market has surpassed 3 trillion rubles. The growth in market capacity in monetary terms occurred against the backdrop of an increase in sales of new passenger cars (+3%), but its key factor is the increase in the weighted average price, which grew by almost 20% in 2021.

At the same time, the main reason for the sharp increase in car prices was their shortage at dealers, provoked by the global shortage of semiconductors.