TOP-10 of models-leaders of SUV market for the first 9 months of 2018

For the first nine months of this year, 1 million 208.8 thousand new passenger cars were sold in Russia, which is more by 15.4% than in the last year. At the same time, in September of 2018, sales of new cars were 147.1 thousand units, which is more by 6.6% than a year ago.

As for crossovers and SUVs, their sales grew by 22.1% in January-September compared with 9 months of 2017 and amounted to 521.9 thousand vehicles. The segment's share in total sales grew by 2.4 percentage points and reached 43.2%.

The model rating is headed by Hyundai Creta (49,683 units; + 33.6%). In the second place there is Renault Duster (31,643 units; + 3.3%), behind which KIA Sportage is located (24,619 units; + 34.5%). The fourth place of the rating table is occupied by LADA 4x4 (23,819 units; + 17.4%), and Toyota RAV4 closes the TOP-five of leaders (23,281 units; -2.6%).

The TOP-10 also included: Volkswagen Tiguan, Renault Kaptur, Chevrolet Niva, Mitsubishi Outlander and Nissan X-Trail. Most of them show a positive trend, with the exception of Toyota RAV4 (-2.6%) and Chevrolet Niva (-6.8%).

As for September statistics, the sales of SUV grew by 16.7% to 66.7 thousand units this month. In the model ranking the leader is the same as for the first 9 months - Hyundai Creta. Toyota RAV4 came out to the second position. The third place was occupied by Renault Duster, which was the only one in the TOP-10, which left in the "minus".