OREANDA-NEWS. Authoritative international PwC analysts predict calm and serene future for the Russian automotive market. It can be concluded from the report on the analysis of the results in 2012 and forecast for 2013. The main beneficiaries of this stability are foreign brands, which promptly started their production in Russia. 

 Today, the car market of the Russian Federation shared the third place with India in terms of growth, behind Japan and the U.S. Russia's contribution to the sales growth of new cars in the world in 2009-2012 made 9%. According to the results in 2012 Russia became the second largest car market in Europe, having made way only to Germany. Against the falling European market in 2012 at 14.5%, the value of the Russian market for automotive giants is growing more tangible, especially as the sales are increasing in Russia, even of those brands that are experiencing a rapid decline in Europe. In 2012, Russia provided 11% of global sales of Renault-Nissan, and 5% of the global sales of KIA-Hyundai, and Toyota with sales growth on the Russian market cut off its fall on the European. It is worth noting that last year 38% of the total production of passenger cars in Ukraine was provided through supplying the Russian market.

 In PwC believe that, as the European car market will fall further, the Russian one will continue to grow, but less rapidly, as the low base effect, caused by the crisis, can be assumed already offset. Such an increase in car sales will continue until at least 2025, and by that time it will exceed 3.5 million units.

 In such conditions, a growing market and protectionist industrial policy of Russia, the multinational automobile corporations continue to invest actively in the development of not only the production of the final product - cars, but also in the localization of parts and components base production on the territory of the Russian Federation.