Russian market one after another, leaving major automakers. After General Motors decided to leave the Russian market for SsangYong. The Korean manufacturer has stopped deliveries of cars in Russia and plans to resume deliveries only after the appreciation of the ruble.
However, the Executive Director of the Agency "AUTOSTAT" Sergey Udalov considers that the mass Exodus of cars from the market should not wait because everyone understands that after you begin the market growth will be hard to restore dealer connection.
Experts believe that the decision to leave the Russian market GM may be due to political reasons and pressure from the US authorities.
"If General Motors will go Ford, it will be pure politics," commented the head of the Association "Russian automobile dealers" Vladimir Marenkov. No one thought that the third world car manufacturer closes its plant in Russia and will refuse to over million customers and dealer 284.
Executive Director of the Association of Russian automakers Igor Korovkin believes that "in General drop, the market is not noticed loss of the fighter". On the market are the vehicles of that class that GM will stop supplying Russia released niche will be immediately occupied by cars of Russian Assembly. Win the Volkswagen group, "AVTOVAZ" and other corporations that have production in Russia.
GM reported that the remaining cars will be sold with discounts. Mozenkov, commenting on this statement, GM said that "I don't think dealers will offer big discounts, because these cars a lot of fans. It is not excluded that the prices will even grow," says Mozhenkov. Also Vladimir Mozenkov noted that the purchase of a car leaving from the market of the brand carries no risk, because even after the cessation of sales will be able to service the purchased vehicles at authorized service centers.
Unlike General Motors SsangYong own production in Russia has, however, established the SKD of SsangYong in Vladivostok at the plant Sollers. By the end of 2014, the share of SsangYong in the Russian market was only 1% (for comparison, GM's share is 7.6%). In January and February of 2015, the sales of SsangYong SUVs fell by 61% compared with the same period last year.
Overall passenger car sales for the first two months of the current year in Russia fell by a third. And it's not over yet, says Joerg Schreiber (head of the Committee of automakers Association of European businesses).
