OREANDA-NEWS. Analytical agency "AUTOSTAT" conducted a study of the market of new cars in Russia, and it has counted the revenue from their sale for the first eight months of 2016.

According to the study, during the reporting period the leader by sales in the Russian market was the Japanese brand Toyota, which reached 131.8 billion rubles – by 2.9% more than in January - August of 2015. In its turn, the former leader - German Mercedes-Benz - dropped to the second place, by earning for the first eight months of this year, 129.5 billion rubles, which corresponds almost to the result of a year ago(-0.4%). It should be noted that the Mercedes-Benz sold by approximately 2,5 times less of passenger cars than Toyota (24.3 against 59.8 thousand units), but their price is higher by the same times (5,3 and 2,2 million rubles, respectively), which permits both of brands to compete for leadership in sales in the Russian market.