04.04.2025 / Financial leasing of special purpose vehicles*

* new and used, excluding automotive special purpose vehicles

Vehicle purpose	Jan-Feb 2024, thousand units	Jan-Feb 2025, thousand units	Dynamics
Road construction vehicles	3.5	1.1	-69.2%
Lifting vehicles	1.7	1.0	-40.2%
Agricultural vehicles	1.4	0.7	-50.9%
Warehouse vehicles	0.2	0.1	-45.5%
Other special purpose vehicles	0.6	0.3	-56.4%
Total	7.4	3.2	-57.4%

Source: Federal resource, NAPI (National Industrial Information Agency)

According to the marketing agency NAPI, only 3.2 thousand special purpose vehicles were issued for financial leasing in January-February 2025. Compared to two months of last year, special purpose vehicle leasing fell by 57.4%. In 2023-first half of 2024, vehicles were actively purchased, and by the beginning of this year, the market became saturated. High leasing rates have become a significant obstacle for those wishing to purchase special purpose vehicles.

The road construction vehicle segment suffered particularly. As a result, its share in the special purpose vehicle leasing decreased from 47.4% to 34.3%.

Will the preferential leasing program for municipal and road construction vehicles, launched on April 1, 2025, be able to reverse the trend?