Solaris has become more valuable

Company Hyundai Motor CIS "has raised prices on some configuration of sedan Hyundai Solaris. Depending on the version equipped with "Solaris" rose 0,18-4%. Now Korean bestseller starts with a mark of 399,000 rubles. Earlier for the same amount could be retrofitted base Solaris 1.4 air-conditioning. Now it will not work. Well, that air conditioning is, as before, 20 000. Not risen in price and additional packages. But the 4-speed automatic added five thousand rubles (35 000). The gap between the cars with engines 1.4 and 1.6 more than doubled, to 20 000 rubles. Hardest added to the price of "basic" machines. Next Base after the Classic with ABS and a passenger air bag has become more expensive to seven thousand. Option Optima equipment went up by five, and Comfort - only two thousand rubles. Not only changed the price for the top version of the Family. Fully equipped car with the motor pulls 1.6 604 000. Previously, the Solaris configuration Comfort c 1.6 engine, automatic transmission and two additional packages in the "Prestige" and "Security" cost only 601,000 rubles. Cheaper than a car in the top rigging Family, but with the "mechanics" (604,000). True, the "family" version had additional climate control, keyless access, start engine button, Bluetooth. Now the Comfort version with all options "machine" has risen to 623 thousand rubles. In the Hyundai name price increases planned. And it is highly unlikely to dampen consumer enthusiasm. On the contrary, the Koreans want to draw attention to the more expensive complete sedan. Previously, went up and one of its main competitors "Solaris» - Polo Sedan, prices for the basic version of which begins with the mark of 412,800 rubles. However, Volkswagen promises a more accessible version of the engine 1.4. Demand for "Solaris" is extremely high. In March, it sold 6,762 cars, nearly twice as much in February. The result of the first quarter - 10,168 vehicles. Thus, Solaris has bypassed most popular Polo Sedan, Kia Rio and Chevrolet Niva. Ahead of the Lada, and from cars - Renault Logan (17,954), Ford Focus (15,343) and the Uzbek Daewoo Nexia (10,802). In April, Hyundai plans to introduce a second shift and increase the production of the popular "Solaris" to 10 000 per month. Now the most important in the battle sedans - the production capacity of Russian refineries. Demand for Hyundai Solaris, Renault Logan and the Volkswagen Polo Sedan far exceeds supply. Hence the months of the queue for new cars.