Skoda Rapid leads the car market of St. Petersburg for the second month in a row

In May, residents of the northern capital purchased about 8 thousand new cars. As experts of the analytical agency "AUTOSTAT" noted, this is 2.3 times higher than in May of 2020. At the same time, Skoda Rapid liftback is the leader in the model rating of St. Petersburg for the second month in a row, which in January, February and March did not rise above the 5th place in the rating. In April, it made a leap, breaking out into first place and in May managed to retain the title of leader.

So, according to the results of May, sales of Skoda Rapid in St. Petersburg were 320 units. In the second and third positions, with approximately equal results, there are two "Germans" - Volkswagen Tiguan and Volkswagen Polo (272 and 271 units, respectively).

Then, Hyundai Solaris (270 units), and the domestic LADA Vesta (267 units) finishes the top five. The TOP-10 of the May rating of the Northern capital also includes: LADA Granta (257 units), Hyundai Creta (251 units), KIA Rio (242 units), Renault Logan (236 units) and KIA K5 (216 units).

Experts note that the whole TOP-10 ended the month with positive dynamics. At the same time, the least growth was demonstrated by KIA Rio (+ 19%), and Renault Logan and Skoda Rapid increased their indicators stronger than others in the TOP-10 - almost 4.5 times. In total, since the beginning of the year, 40 thousand new passenger cars have been purchased in St. Petersburg, which is 36% higher than in January-May of 2020.