OREANDA-NEWS According to the results of May 2023, the Russian car market was in sixth place in terms of the volume of cars sold, losing the fifth place previously occupied by Spain. This was reported on June 9 by the analytical agency "Autostat".

Germany took the first place among European markets, where sales growth in May 2023 amounted to 19.2% compared to last year: a total of 246,966 cars were sold in the country during the month. According to experts, this is the best indicator of Germany in the last four years.

Italy is in second place: 149,411 cars, which is 23.2% more than in 2022, France is in third place (145,538 cars, +14.8%). By a small margin, the UK is in fourth place according to the results of sales in May, where 145,204 cars were sold, 16.7% more than in 2022. In fifth place is Spain, which displaced Russia from the closing position of the top five: 92,025 cars were sold here, and the annual increase was 8.3%.