OREANDA-NEWS. The analytic agency «AUTOSTAT» conducted a survey of the market of new cars in Russia, which covered premium brands. According to the results of the study, in June of 2017 sales of such cars, according to AEB statistics, were 12842 units. This is more by 3.8% than a year ago.

The leader of the market in the premium segment remains Mercedes-Benz, whose sales of cars were 3,232 units in the last month – by 2% less than the result of a year ago. Second place belongs to another German manufacturer - BMW (2,665 units, + 16%). The Japanese brand Lexus closes the top-three (1921 units, + 19%).

Audi, which is located on the fourth position with 1610 cars, shows a fairly noticeable drop (-30%). Sales of other premium brands are less than 1,000 cars. We should also note that only the English Jaguar (-41%; up to 175 units) fell stronger than the German brand.