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OREANDA-NEWS. According to the agency «Auto-Dealer-SPb", in the I half of 2015 in St. Petersburg it was sold 59,240 new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, which is less by 38% than the same period of the last year. In June, the market declined by 30% compared to June of 2014. It was sold 10,965 vehicles, and it is the best month for the St. Petersburg market this year.

All brands in the top-10 in June showed a negative result. The most soft fall was shown by Hyundai (-1%) and LADA (-4%).

KIA is in the first place for six months. Renault is on the second place, but its performance for the last few months is worse than those brands that are lower in the range (for example, 5-th result in June). Ford continues to increase sales, which gradually moved up to the top-ten.

Sales growth in the top-20 in June was shown only by two domestic brands - GAZ and UAZ. June as a whole was successful for Russian brands. For example, Lada by the number of sold cars took the second place.

In the premium segment, a positive result for the semester was shown only by one brand - Porsche. Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, which were in the black for a long time, finally went to red.

The share of St. Petersburg in the total sales of new cars in Russia in January-June 2015 was 7.6%.