OREANDA-NEWS.  The automotive market in Russia, which registered the worst result for the last 10 years in April, managed to keep the fifth place in the European rating, though. 

According to data, obtained by AUTOSTAT agency from the National Associations of Automobile Manufacturers of Europe, in April Germany became the leader in vehicle sales again, having sold 291,395 vehicles (+ 6.3%). The second place in the European rating was taken by Great Britain, where the market grew  by 5.1% up to 185,778 vehicles. Then comes Italy with 148,807 vehicles sold (+ 24.2%).

If to take into account Russia, our country is on the fifth place of the European rating. According to preliminary estimation of AUTOSTAT agency, last month passenger car sales exceeded 123,000 vehicles (excluding LCV).