The average age of passenger cars registered in Russia has increased from 15.2 to 15.5 years in one year. This is evidenced by data from the Autostat agency.
The average age of cars has increased for all brands except Chinese ones. Sergey Udalov, an analyst at Autostat, notes that there is currently a small proportion of old cars being disposed of – about 3% – and insufficient sales of new cars to actively renew the fleet.
At the beginning of 2023, the average age of passenger cars in Russia was 14.7 years, a year earlier – 14 years, and at the beginning of 2021 – 13.9 years.
In order for the fleet not to age – or at least not so intensively, it is necessary to sell 2–2.2 million cars. And in order for it to gradually start to renew, it is necessary to sell 3 million cars.
According to Autostat statistics, about 47.5 million passenger cars are registered in Russia. At the same time, 70.5% of them are over ten years old. Last year, 1.57 million new cars were sold.
The oldest cars in the country are Russian-made. Their average age at the beginning of 2023 was 18.7 years. Japanese brands ranked second, with an average age rising to 17.1 years. American brands round out the top three, with an average age reaching 15.4 years.
Next come European and Korean brands, whose figures are 13.6 and 11.5 years, respectively. The "youngest" are passenger cars of Chinese production, the average age of which is 4.9 years.
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