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OREANDA-NEWS. Brand Mercedes-Benz Vans at the end of 2015 passed the Russian clients 8362 cars (-24%) against the overall decline in sales in the Russian small tonnage market by 31%.

As the press service of "Meresdes-Benz Rus" informed, the compact and medium vans for the whole year feel confident in the market. The new Vito car with front, rear and four-wheel drive, as well as with the accessible as possible for order equipment and optional packages is acquired by 835 customers. Moreover, traffic jams in many Russian cities and the increasing demand for fast delivery of persons or goods increased the demand for Citan - it was delivered 191 cars for the clients.

In the most important market of large low-tonnage vans "Mercedes-Benz RUS" sold 7201 vehicles, thereby by keeping the position as the most successful foreign brand. Market share in this segment increased from 7.4% in 2014 to 7.9%.

"In 2015, the division of Mercedes-Benz Vans has demonstrated the readiness to work in a very difficult economic situation. We have a perfect model portfolio of standard and re-equipped vehicles and we find solutions for the business activity for almost all the needs of our customers”, - says Vice President of vans, Soren Heze. - Low-tonnage subdivision makes every efforts to offer its customers a reasonable price policy as on cars, so the service and spare parts. "

The dealer network for the sale of low-tonnage vans has 77 points of sale currently. Last year there were opened 4 specialized low-tonnage dealerships in Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Smolensk.