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Demand for new passenger cars in Ukraine decreased by 5%

1 August , 2023  

Registrations of new passenger cars in Ukraine in July this year decreased by 5% year-on-year to 5.3 thousand units, which is 45% higher than in July last year, Ukravtoprom said in its Telegram channel.

“From the indicator of pre-war July 2021 solvent demand for new passenger cars lags behind by 46%. Almost similar sales volume July market demonstrated in 2015”, – states the association.

The top three for the third month is unchanged: the first place is held by Toyota (883 units), in second place Renault (564 units), in third place – Volkswagen (525 units).

Skoda (493 units) and BMW (385 units) also made it to the top 5 of the month.

The title of the best-seller of the Ukrainian market of new passenger cars is retained by the compact crossover Renault Duster, which was chosen by 552 buyers in July.

According to “Ukravtoprom”, a total of 32.4 thousand new passenger cars were registered in Ukraine in January-July, which is 51% more than in the same period of 2022.

As reported, in 2022 Ukrainians registered 37.9 thousand new passenger cars – 63% less than a year earlier.