The Russian LCV market ranked the sixth in Europe in August

The Russian LCV market, which accelerated its decline in August, took the sixth place in the European championship. Sales of light commercial vehicles in Europe fell by 18.7% to 132,659 units in the previous month, according to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA).

France became the leader among European countries in LCV sales up to 3.5 tons, where this segment reached 25,666 vehicles (-2.1%). The second place is occupied by Germany with 23,346 sold cars (-22.2%), and the third place is occupied by Great Britain, the LCV market of which was 19,407 units (-16.1%). Spain is the next, where 11,637 light commercial vehicles were sold (-24.4%). Italy finished the top-5 with 9,750 cars (+ 4.1%).

If, when considering the European LCV market, we take into account Russia, then our country took the sixth place in the European championship. According to the agency "AUTOSTAT", sales of light commercial vehicles in Russia in August reached 8,339 units (-16.4%).