On the issue of the dynamics of car sales in the regions of Russia

Abstract

The difficult state of current automotive production in Russia requires careful research to find ways out of this situation. Most Russians are convinced that this situation in the automotive industry is caused by Western sanctions, but a close study of the topic refutes this interpretation of events. The purpose of the study was to find the true factors of the dynamics of the domestic car market in recent years in the Russian regions. The proposed research methods have significantly changed the system of views on the problem of the impact of sanctions by expanding the analyzed chronological line, as well as comparing different episodes of the development of the domestic car market in comparison with other economic entities. Three main factors have been identified: the transition from purely national car production in the USSR and the Russian Federation to the production of foreign cars since the 1990s, and the replacement of sanctions during the period of sanctions that could have a beneficial effect on the domestic car industry due to the departure of foreign automakers from Russia to the Chinese car industry, which excludes or greatly delays the revival of the national automotive industry in the regions, the government's failure to use the opportunities of the sanctions period to issue a large-scale strategic government order to domestic automakers for the development and production of a whole range of cars for officials and the military, which could begin the revival of the national automotive industry in the regions of Russia.