Russia remains awash with large and cheap foreign cars?

Automotive Proizvodstvo04-07-2008 Russia remains awash with large and cheap foreign cars? Used SUVs dramatically cheaper virtually anywhere in the world - rise in prices for motor fuel has reduced the attractiveness of large cars. It is logical to expect that the cheap and unnecessary to Western consumers machines flood the Russian automotive market - because we "size matters". Frenzied rise in prices for petroleum and petroleum products has hit the economy around the world. Undergone a major transformation of consumer activity, due to which entire industries are suffering. One of the first change in world markets felt the car owners. Their costs for gasoline went up after the price of a barrel of oil. In some places this has led to profound soul-searching. Thus, in many countries there is a noticeable decrease in demand for "big" cars that consume a lot of fuel - light trucks, pickups, sport utility vehicles. In particular, it was a shock to American manufacturers, in the model number of which were abundantly represented seven-seat minivans, pickup trucks and large SUVs - and all this tradition was equipped with more powerful engines. However, when the cost of a liter of gasoline crossed the psychologically important level of 60 cents, the demand for such cars has fallen sharply. Automakers do not call the exact figures. According to analysts Bloomberg sales of large cars produced by GM, Ford and Chrysler in 2008 could fall by one million units.