Russian LCV market ranked the fifth in Europe in Q1

The Russian LCV market, which showed a slight drop in the first quarter, nevertheless entered the top five of European leaders. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), sales of light commercial vehicles fell by 22.5% to 379,378 units in Europe in January-March 2022. France became the leader among European countries in sales of LCVs up to 3.5 tons, where this segment was 90,535 vehicles (-24.2%).

The second place is occupied by the UK with 74,344 sold cars (-23.6%), and the third place is taken by Germany, the LCV market of which was 57,873 units (-13.6%). Italy is the next, where 43,367 light commercial vehicles were sold (-5.3%).

If Russia is taken into account when considering the European LCV market, then our country took the fifth place in the European championship. According to the AUTOSTAT agency and Electronic Passport JSC, sales of light commercial vehicles in Russia for the first quarter of 2022 were 27.4 thousand units (-0.2%). Spain showed a slightly lower result – 26,052 cars (-35.7%).