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PRIMARY REGISTRATIONS OF NEW PASSENGER CARS IN UKRAINE GROWS BY 21% IN FEB

3 March , 2020  

Primary registrations of new passenger cars in Ukraine in February grew by 21% compared to February 2019, to almost 7,000 units, which is slightly less than in January 2019 (7,100 units), the Ukrautoprom association has reported. According to the data on the website, Renault became the leader of registrations, as in February of 2019, surpassing Toyota, the leader in January 2020, with an increase in sales by almost 68% compared to February of 2019, to 1,223 units. In turn, Toyota increased the sale of cars by 52%, to 1,089 units.
In January 2020, the third position from the fifth took KIA, which in February of 2019 also occupied the third line of the rating. However, the registration of KIA fell by 20%, to 479 units in February.
Skoda takes the fourth place with 368 cars (4% more compared with February 2019), while Nissan closes the top five with 9% down in primary registrations, to 361 cars.
The compact crossover Toyota RAV4 again became the month bestseller, as 482 customers chose this model in February.
As reported, with reference to the data of Ukrautoprom, in 2018 new passenger car market could not exceed 2017, as primary registrations decreased by 0.6%, to 81,800 units.
However, in January 2020, according to Ukrautoprom, the market showed a 35% increase compared to January 2019, to 7,100 units. At the same time, 28,300 units of used imported cars were registered.
Market experts suggest that in 2020 the new passenger car market will be able to reach or exceed the mark of 100,000 cars sold.