OREANDA-NEWS. This May, car sales in A-segment decreased by 66.8%. Worse decline was registered only in   pickup segment (-70.3%). During the first five months (January-May) of 2015, no more than 4,000 A-class cars (up to 3.6 meter long) were sold in the Russian market, the share of the segment is only 0.6%.

The Daewoo Matiz was the leader of the segment in May (371 car, -60.9% compared to the previous year). The second place was taken by the Kia Picanto (157 cars.; - 68.5%). The demand for the Smart Fortwo, which entered TOP-3 in May 2015, increased more than twice (75 cars, + 188.5%). Experts attribute this growth to the low base effect (26 cars sold last year in May).