OREANDA-NEWS. Lada 4x4 SUV became the best-selling model in the SUV segment as at the end of March, so for the first three months of 2015. The second place among the best-selling SUVs was occupied by the leader of the last few years - Renault Duster, and third place went to Hyundai ix35, Chevrolet Niva has left the "three" of leaders.

As noted in the review of the Russian car market in March, the best-selling model in Russia was Lada Granta with 12,438 vehicles (-4%). Second place goes to Hyundai Solaris - sales of the most popular foreign cars were 8,593 vehicles (-12.6%). The third result was shown by co-platform KIA Rio - 7176 sold cars (-26.2%). Model Lada Kalina found 4045 owners for the last month that is less by 47.4% than a year ago. Leader in the SUV segment is still Lada 4x4 - this model was chosen by 3893 buyers (+ 5.6%). And the leadership in the market of estate cars is kept by Lada Largus, which was sold in the amount of 3,737 units (-37.9%). Then sedans Renault Logan (3276 units, -12.7%) and Nissan Almera (3183 units, -13.5%) follow. Sales of Renault Duster crossover fell by 57.5% to 3,148 vehicles. This time Volkswagen Polo closes Top-10 of best-selling models in Russia, whose sales were 2,986 vehicles (-53.8%).

Recall, LADA 4x4 has been recognized at the end of 2014 as the leader in rating of the safety of the residual value in the segment SUV-Compact. It was calculated indicators by 1900 modifications of more than 40 brands of cars, officially presented at the Russian market, for the rankings.