“In August, we recorded a deficit mainly in premium brands, while now there is a shortage in the most popular models from the mass segment.

In some brands, the deficit is felt more strongly than in August, "TASS quotes the words of Rolf's marketing director Vitaly Shonia.

Autoworld noted that the deficit for most brands will remain at least until the end of December, and if the situation with COVID-19 worsens, supply problems will be felt in the first quarter of 2021.

“The deficit for new cars will remain until the spring of 2021,” said Denis Petrunin, General Director of AvtoSpecCentre.

Earlier, Maxim Yedryshov, vice chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Motorists' Rights in Yekaterinburg, in an interview with URA.RU, assessed the impact of the pandemic on the demand for cars in Russia.