OREANDA-NEWS. Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant in August sold in the Russian market 4037 vehicles, which is higher by than a year ago. By the results of eight months of 2015 Russian UAZ dealers sold 28 373 cars – it is more by 7% than in the same period of the last year. With a total fall of the Russian car market by 33.5% in January-August, share of UAZ reached 2.7% against 1.7% a year before, according to the AEB.

The best-seller of the brand is the flagship SUV UAZ Patriot, sales of which in January-August increased by 5.8% to 11,636 vehicles. As the PR-manager of UAZ, Catherine Kalinskaya, informed the agency “AUTOSTAT”, sales success of UAZ is related, first of all, to the launch of the updated Patriot. Also, she said, the important role is played by competent price positioning, product quality improvement, various incentive programs.