The group "AVTOVAZ" reduced sales of cars three times compared to last year
In April, AVTOVAZ sold in Russia in the "isolation" 10 055 cars (including sales Niva in the amount of 659 pieces), according to a press release from the company. This is 3.2 times less compared to April of 2019, when AVTOVAZ sold in Russia 32 316 machines, from the data of Association of European businesses (AEB).
"At the moment, our dealers are open in every city where this is permitted, in strict compliance with all necessary measures of sanitary safety. Given the lengthy period of limitations, in April, we also successfully launched an online system of buying our cars," said Olivier mornas, Executive Vice President of sales and marketing at JSC "AVTOVAZ".
In a press release of AVTOVAZ is specified that the most popular car, the Lada became the model of the family Granta (058 has sold 3 of these machines). The three leaders also joined the family Lada Vesta (sold 2 913 vehicles) and the family of Largus (1 286 machines). AVTOVAZ announced that Lada kept its leading position in market share in the segment of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
last week, the Ministry of industry and trade announced that it will consider the possibility of subsidising the wages of dealers. In April, the dealers lost about 280 billion worth of sales due to pandemic coronavirus. Auto retailers fear closure of 20-30% of dealerships across the country.
the Group "AVTOVAZ" is part of Groupe Renault produces cars on a full cycle of production and automotive components for 4 brands: LADA, Renault, Nissan, Datsun. The production area of the Group is located in Togliatti JSC "AVTOVAZ" and JSC "LADA TOGLIATTI WEST", and in Izhevsk, Russia - OOO "LADA Izhevsk".