19.12.2025 / New car sales risk falling below those of cars aged over 20 years

According to the marketing agency NAPI, in January-November 2025, sales of new and used cars decreased by 3.2% on the similar period last year.

The new car segment experienced the largest decline: sales fell by 16.9% over the year to 1.2 million units. However, their share fell by 2.9 p.p. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of the overall market decline, sales of cars aged over 20 years are growing. Slightly over 1 million cars were sold over the first 11 months, which was a 8.8% rise year-on-year. The share of cars aged over 20 years grew by 1.7 p.p.

It should be noted that sales of cars aged over 20 years and new ones became almost equal. In January-November 2024, new car sales exceeded those of cars aged over 20 years by 462.5 thousand units, compared to just 141.2 thousand units this year.

Sales growth took place in other used car segments as well. Sales of cars aged 4-6 years increased by 2.3%, while those of cars aged 11-15 years - by 3.5%.

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