The market of new buses grew by 57% in March

At the end of March 2022, almost 1.4 thousand new buses were purchased in Russia, which is 57% higher than in the same month of the previous year. This was found out by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" during the processing and analysis of the relevant data of JSC "Electronic Passport". Thus, this market has been growing for the fourth month in a row. Over 40% of all new buses purchased in the first month of spring fell on the domestic PAZ brand, which are 550 units that is 4% lower than in March 2021.

This is followed by two more Russian brands - NEFAZ (229 units; growth by 2.4 times) and LIAZ (184 units; growth by 4.5 times). The milestone of a hundred sold buses was also overcome by the Belarusian MAZ (110 units; an increase of 4.6 times). The indicators of other manufacturers were less than 100 units. The most popular new bus in the Russian Federation remains the PAZ-3205 model, which sold 309 units in March. The second place was taken by NEFAZ-5299 with 229 units. With a noticeable lag behind it in the ranking, there are two more "PAZ" - 4234 and 3204 models (130 and 108 units, respectively). MAZ-203 finishes the top five (105 units), which also managed to overcome the threshold of a hundred buses.

If we consider the results for the 1st quarter of this year, then the market of new buses shows the significant growth. So, during this period, its volume was about 3.8 thousand units, which is 49% higher than in January-March of 2021.