OREANDA-NEWS. Russian dealers of Renault in March sold 9448 cars, which is less by 1% than a year ago. At the end of three months of 2016 sales of the brand in the Russian market were 23,285 cars, which is less by 15% than in the same period of the last year. As a result, Renault occupied the fourth place by sales among all automakers in Russia, and the share of Renault was 7.3% against 7.1% a year before, according to AEB data.

The bestseller of Renault in Russia is still Duster crossover - in the first quarter it was chosen by 10813 Russian customers (+ 22.3%). Second place in the model range of Renault was occupied by Logan sedan with the indicator of 6095 sold cars (-39.4%). The top-three of best-sellers of brand is still closed by a hatchback Sandero - 5921 of these vehicles (-21.2%) were sold in January-March.

Earlier, Renault has introduced a new all-wheel drive crossover Renault Kaptur, which was specially developed for the Russian market. Serial production of the model was established at the Moscow plant Renault, and the novelty will be on sale in the summer of 2016.