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OREANDA-NEWS. Russian LCV market, which is still ranked the fourth in Europe in 2014, in the last year fell out of the top-five of European leaders.

According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), the sales of light commercial vehicles in Europe in 2015 grew by 11.6% to 1,779, 477 units. The leader among the European countries by sales of LCV up to 3.5 tons is France, where this segment grew by 2% up to 377,738 vehicles. Second place is kept by the United Kingdom with the index of 371 830 sold vehicles (+ 15.6%), and the third place is occupied by Germany, whose LCV market grew by 4.2% to 237,902 units. Spain came to the fourth place - the result was 154,928 light commercial vehicles (+ 36.1%). The top-five of leaders is still closed by Italy, where it was sold 132,186 cars in the last year (+ 12.4%). If during the considering of European market of LCV we take into account Russia, our country fell out of the Top-5. According to the agency "AUTOSTAT", the sales of light commercial vehicles in Russia in 2015 were 92,408 units (-34.3%). The Russian market of LCV – is the only one among the leading countries in Europe, where it is recorded a sales drop.