New car sales down in Russia

As indicated, the AEB presentation with such information was presented by the Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee, Jörg Schreiber.

“Sales in 2019 - 1.759 million units, which is 41 thousand units (or 2.3%) less than in 2018,” the presentation said.

According to Schreiber, the actual results of the year exactly correspond to the forecast for lower sales updated in September.

Earlier, the Izvestia newspaper, citing AEB information, wrote that in March 2019, sales of cars and light commercial vehicles increased on the market.