OREANDA-NEWS. Russian automotive market, which became in August the second largest in Europe, fell to the third place in the "European championship" by the results of September.

According to the data, received by "AUTOSTAT" National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of Europe, a leader in car sales in September was the United Kingdom, where it was sold 425,861 vehicles (+ 5.6%). According to the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and dealers (SMMT), it is the best indicator for September since 2004. Germany fell to the second place, whose result was 260,062 sold vehicles (+ 5.2%). According to the Association of the German Automotive Industry (VDA), despite the difficult overall economic situation, the German car market demonstrates the stability this year. If, during the considering of the European market we take into account Russia, our country took the third place "of the European Championship." According to preliminary estimations of "AUTOSTAT", sales of passenger cars were more than 185 million units for the last month (excluding LCV). Then France follows, whose car market grew by 6.3% to 151,101 vehicles. Italy still closes "five" leaders with 11,0436 sold vehicles (+ 3.3%). According to the Italian Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ANFIA), despite the fact that the car market of the country came "a plus", in terms of quantity sales remain at the end of the 1970s. We also add that due to the incentive scheme to subsidize the purchase of new fuel-efficient cars Spanish car market continues to show the growth for the second year in a row - in September by 26.2% to 57,010 vehicles.