OREANDA-NEWS. Russian market of LCV that shows the growth for the second month in a row is improving its position in the European Championship and by the end of last month it climbed to the sixth place in Europe.

According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), the sales of light commercial vehicles grew by 13.5% to 165,227 units in Europe in April. The leader among the European countries by sales of LCV up to 3.5 tons is France, where this segment grew by 8.9% to 36037 units. The second place is occupied by the United Kingdom with the indicator 27880 sold units (+ 11.8%), and the third place is occupied by Germany, whose LCV market reached 22,031 units (+ 9.1%).

Fourth place is kept by Spain - its result was 15256 light commercial vehicles (+ 18%). The top-five of leaders is still closed by Italy, where there were sold 14,250 vehicles (+ 30.8%). If during the considering of LCV European market we take into account Russia, our country has risen from the seventh to sixth place, ahead of the Netherlands. According to the agency "AUTOSTAT", the sales of light commercial vehicles in Russia in February were 8136 units (+ 9.7%).