In 2025, Russians reduced their spending on new and used car purchases for the first time in 10 years. The total volume of the car market in monetary terms decreased by 7.8% year-on-year to 13.8 trillion rubles. This follows from data from the Association of Russian Automobile Dealers (ROAD). Russians spent 4.61 trillion rubles on new cars (18.4% less than the previous year) and 9.18 trillion rubles on used cars (down 1.4%). At the same time, the average price of a new car in 2025 increased by 6% compared to the previous year to 3.54 million rubles. Used cars rose in price by 4% to 1.35 million rubles.
The volume of the car market in monetary terms decreased because the drop in car sales in units was more significant than the price increase, says Vladimir Bespalov, a senior analyst at Euler. According to data from ROAD, nearly 8.48 million cars were sold in Russia in 2025. Of these, 83% of the market (or almost 7.07 million) are used cars. Sales of new cars fell by 19% year-on-year to 1.496 million. According to Ilya Petrov, the director of retail sales at Avilon Group, the decline in new car sales in such periods is traditionally compensated by the used car segment (The Moscow Times).
