In the first half of 2016 it was sold slightly more than 58 thousand cars of C-class in Russia

OREANDA-NEWS. According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", in the first half of 2016 it was sold slightly more than 58 thousand cars of C-class in Russia, which is less by 35% than in the same period of the last year (89 thousand units). It corresponds to a share of 9.3% of the total volume of the Russian market of new cars. If we compare it with the index a year ago (12.1%), then it fell by almost 3 percentage points - more than other segments of the market.

Analysts of agency "AUTOSTAT" noted that the C-Class cars, which include such models as Skoda Octavia, KIA cee'd, Volkswagen Jetta, were the leaders of the market in 2011, by occupying 35% of the total volume. Now they concede B-class and SUV with a considerable lag, the share of which in the first half was 41% and 37.5%, respectively.