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OREANDA-NEWS. During the first half of 2015 the volume of corporate sales of new passenger cars was 70.9 thousand units (-27.5% compared with the first half of the last year). The dynamics of the fall is much less than the market of natural persons (529.2 thousand units; -47.6%). Therewith, the share of cars that were bought by legal entities is only 11.8% of the total market.

For corporate parcs there were most in demand in the first half of car such brands as LADA (8,7 thous. units; - 2.8% to the previous year), Toyota (5,5 thous. units; - 40.2%), Renault (5,3 thous. units; - 35,5%), Mercedes (5,0 thous. units; - 20.3%) and Skoda (4,9 thous. units; - 3.2%) .

Among the models the leaders by purchases of cars in corporate parcs in the first half of this year were: Hyundai Solaris, the passenger version of the LADA Largus, Skoda Octavia, Renault Logan and Toyota Camry.

In the segment of light commercial vehicles, which are to be purchased by legal persons, in the first half of 2015 the fall was even less (-20.7%) to 25.2 thousand units. The leaders among the brands are - GAZ (9,4 thous. units; - 20.4% of the YOY basis), UAZ (6,9 thous. units; + 37,1%), Mercedes (2,1 thous. units; + 20,7%), LADA (1,6 thous. units; - 11.6%) and Ford (1,5 thous. units; - 41.4%).

In the model ranking, the top-five leaders included two models UAZ and three GAZ ones. UAZ 3909 is in the first place (3.8 thousand units; + 30.5% to the YOY), the second one is - GAZ 3302 (3.2 thousand units; - 28.3%), the third - UAZ 2206 (2.7 thousand units; + 58.6%), the fourth - GAZ GAZELLE NEXT (2,4 thousand units; - 18.8% of the YOY), and GAZ 2705 closes the top-five (1.8 thousand units; - 9.5%).

According to Sergei Udalov, executive director of the agency "AUTOSTAT", the corporate market is affected most of all by the support of leasing programs, procurement of transport for federal and municipal companies. Furthermore, the transport is a part of the manufacturing process and its update frequently, particularly with account of state support, is more advantageous for companies than the keeping in operable state at intensive operation.