OREANDA-NEWS. According to the Association of European Businesses, sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia in September were down by 28.6% to 140,867 vehicles. For the first nine months of 2015 the Russian car market fell by 33% to 1 million 192 thousand 723 vehicles.

According to the AEB, sales in September not permitted to improve significantly neither the performance of sales compared to the previous year, nor the forecast for the rest three months. According to the latest forecast of the AEB, in 2015 the Russian car market will be 1.57 million cars, which is less by 37% than the last year.

Leadership in the Russian market is kept by AVTOVAZ, which sold in the last month 21,657 cars, which is less by 41% than a year ago. In the second place in terms of sales there is still KIA – sales of 16096 cars (+ 11%) provided the Korean brand with the leadership in the market of foreign cars. The third place is still occupied by Hyundai with 15,106 sold cars (-2%). Then Renault follows - cars of this brand were chosen by 10376 buyers (-33%). The "top five" of leaders is still closed by Toyota, which sold 7144 cars (-45%). The top-10 of best-selling brands at the end of September also included Volkswagen (6827 units, -23%), Nissan (6646 units, -44%), Gas (4840 units, -15%), Ford (4828 units, -8%) and Skoda (4595 units, -37%).