OREANDA-NEWS. Analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" conducted a study of the Russian market of new cars, which covered sales by segments. According to the study, the largest drop in sales is observed in the segment of minivans and compact vans (MPV). Thus, in January - April of 2016 their sales in Russia were 3.5 thousand units, which is less by 40% compared with the result of a year ago.

The leader in the MPV segment is a compact van KIA Soul, whose sales in the reporting period reached 2275 units, by showing an increase of 1%. In the second place, but with a huge gap from the leader, there is another model of the Korean brand - KIA Venga with 472 sold cars, which is twice less than a year ago. The top-three of minivans is closed by Toyota Alphard, the result of which was 269 units - 6.3 times more than the year before. The top-five also included Chery IndiS (156 units; -30%) and Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse (100 units; -69%). Sales figures of other models of segment MPV are less than a hundred units.