OREANDA-NEWS According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", in February of 2017 the volume of the market of new light commercial vehicles (LCV) in Russia was 7.1 thousand units, which is more by 19.2% than a year ago.

The leader of the LCV market is traditionally the Russian GAZ brand, the share of which was almost 45% of the total volume in the last month of winter. In quantitative terms, it corresponds to 3.1 thousand units – more by 24.5% than a year ago. The second place is occupied by another domestic manufacturer - UAZ, the indicator of which slightly exceeded 1.5 thousand cars (+ 15.8%). The top-three of leaders is closed by Russian LADA (669 units, + 42%). The top-five also includes the German Mercedes-Benz (517 units, + 41.6%) and the American Ford (389 units, + 49%).

We should also note that, by the results of two months of this year, the market for new LCV in Russia was 13,300 – more by a quarter than in the same period of 2016.