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SALES OF NEW PASSENGER CARS IN UKRAINE UP BY 30%

1 July , 2021  

Initial registrations of new passenger cars in Ukraine in June 2021 increased by 21% compared to the same month in 2020 and by almost 36% compared to the “pre-COVID” June 2019, to 8,800 units,” Ukrautoprom reports.
According to the association’s information on its website, compared to May of this year, the demand for new passenger cars increased by 4%.
The most popular brand in June was Toyota (a year ago – Renault) with 1,296 sold cars and an increase of almost 25%.
Renault ranked second with 986 cars (less by 15% from June 2020).
The third place, as in June last year, was given by Ukrainians to Kia, having purchased 742 new cars – 10% more.
The fourth result is again with Skoda – 609 cars and an increase of 27%, and, like a year ago, Hyundai closes the top five with an increase in registrations by 11%, to 441 units.
In addition, last month, the top ten most popular brands included Nissan, which rose from the 9th in June 2020, with 391 units (more by 68%), and VW, which took the seventh position, managed to move from the 20th position in June last year due to the growth of registrations by 3.7 times, to 384 units.
This is followed by Peugeot – 383 units (more by 17%); Chery – 369 units (129%); Mitsubishi – 367 units (71%).
Ukrautoprom notes that in the first half of this year in Ukraine, the first license plate was received by 48,400 new passenger cars, which is 30% more than in the same period last year.

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