Every second bought car in Moscow and St. Petersburg – is a SUV

According to the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, the market size of new crossovers and SUVs in Russia for 8 months of 2019 reached about 440 thousand units. At the same time, Moscow and St. Petersburg have a quarter of this amount.

If the residents of capital bought 72.6 thousand cars of the SUV segment, then the citizens of St.Petersburg bought 33 thousand of such cars during the reporting period. It is also worth noting that in both cities, crossovers and SUVs occupied a half of the local market of new cars: in Moscow they have 51.2%, and in St. Petersburg - 49.9%.

According to experts of the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, the indicators of both cities are significantly higher than the national level. So, the share of SUVs reached almost 44% in the whole country for January - August of 2019.