Importers began to refuse deliveries of cars to Russia

Importers began to refuse to deliver cars to Russia, which on the morning of February 24th launched a special military operation in Ukraine. In particular, the German brand Audi has stopped shipments of cars to dealers since yesterday. As follows from the message of the automaker, Audi is going to inform customers about the resumption of shipments and pricing conditions. Similar messages are also expected from Volkswagen, its Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles division, Skoda, Porsche and Jaguar Land Rover, industry sources say.

At the same time, sales and delivery of cars in the dealerships of Rolf and Avtomir are going on as usual, representatives of the companies said. According to experts, the Russian car market in 2022 may be short of about 40 thousand cars. According to the latest AEB forecast, by the end of 2022, 1,722,000 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles will be sold in Russia, which means a market growth of 3.3% in compare with the previous year.

It is also worth noting that in 2021, the inhabitants of our country purchased 271 thousand new cars manufactured outside of Russia. According to the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT", this is 18% of the total volume of the Russian market.