Russian LCV market has retained the sixth place in Europe since the beginning of the year

The Russian LCV market, which has shown an almost two-fold drop since the beginning of the year, nevertheless kept the sixth place in the European ranking. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), sales of light commercial vehicles in Europe in January-September 2022 fell by 21.4% to 1 million 086 thousand 465 units.

France became the leader among European countries in sales of LCVs up to 3.5 tons, where this segment was 256,870 vehicles (-22.4%). The second place is occupied by the UK with 213,576 sold cars (-20.1%), and the third line is taken by Germany, LCV market of which was 163,640 units (-18.9%). Italy is the next, where 119,809 light commercial vehicles were sold (-12.4%). Spain still finishes the top five, the result of which was 86,852 cars (-27.7%).

If Russia is taken into account when considering the European LCV market, then our country took the sixth place in the European championship. According to the results of nine months of 2022, 55,282 light commercial vehicles were purchased in Russia, which is 46.2% lower in compare with the same period of the previous year, experts of the AUTOSTAT agency reported with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"*.

* JSC "PPK" ("Passport Industrial Consulting") is a joint venture of JSC "Electronic Passport" and LLC "AUTOSTAT".