Russians have stopped buying new cars because of abnormally high prices. In October, sales of new passenger cars in Russia dropped by almost 20% - to 133 thousand units. All this is due to the increase in price - the average cost of a new car in the first half of 2026 reached a peak of 3.8 million rubles, writes Autostat. The cost is affected by many factors: disposal fee, tax burden, exchange rate, logistics, production and import costs as well as the cost of financing the inventory, he said in an interview with Gazeta. Ru" Deputy General Manager for Sales of Avilon Oleg Serzhnikov. "Recycling collection is one of the most significant structural pricing factors. Its influence is particularly noticeable in the segment of imported cars, especially models with a power of over 160 hp. with. For vehicles with high tools, the impact may be less pronounced," he said. According to Anton Shaparin, vice president of the National Automobile Association, the collection of recycling "cuts off our market from the world market and causes it to close." The pricing policy of the sellers themselves also has an effect, and the central bank's high key rate reduces demand, making car loans unavailable. At the same time, the Ministry of Taxation is in no hurry to lower prices, since the increase in the cost of cars corresponds to inflation, and it is necessary to maintain the market level not with the ruble, but with preferential loans for certain categories of citizens. Read the newspaper. Ru» ב-MAX.

Russians have stopped buying new cars because of abnormally high prices. In October, sales of new passenger cars in Russia dropped by almost 20% - to 133 thousand units. All this is due to the increase in price - the average cost of a new car in the first half of 2026 reached a peak of 3.8 million rubles, writes Autostat. The cost is affected by many factors: disposal fee, tax burden, exchange rate, logistics, production and import costs as well as the cost of financing the inventory, he said in an interview with Gazeta. Ru" Deputy General Manager for Sales of Avilon Oleg Serzhnikov. "Recycling collection is one of the most significant structural pricing factors. Its influence is particularly noticeable in the segment of imported cars, especially models with a power of over 160 hp. with. For vehicles with high tools, the impact may be less pronounced," he said. According to Anton Shaparin, vice president of the National Automobile Association, the collection of recycling "cuts off our market from the world market and causes it to close." The pricing policy of the sellers themselves also has an effect, and the central bank's high key rate reduces demand, making car loans unavailable. At the same time, the Ministry of Taxation is in no hurry to lower prices, since the increase in the cost of cars corresponds to inflation, and it is necessary to maintain the market level not with the ruble, but with preferential loans for certain categories of citizens. Read the newspaper. Ru» ב-MAX.